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On 07/16/2021, officers responded to a trespassing report and encountered Dawn Marie Simpson seated in a vehicle at a residence. Police ordered her out of the car and she drove away, striking a patrol vehicle. Officers pursued her to the 500 block of Mulberry Loop where gunfire was exchanged and officers opened fire, striking Simpson. She was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead from gunshot wounds. Simpson was 51 and from Nampa. The Idaho State Police investigated the shooting.

https://apnews.com/article/police-shootings-nampa-72fd02ba575dca3c33eeb585dba88621
https://idahonews.com/news/local/coroner-identifies-nampa-woman-shot-by-nampa-police
https://patch.com/idaho/boise/coroner-releases-name-female-shot-nampa-pd
https://www.kivitv.com/news/coroner-ids-woman-who-was-shot-killed-by-nampa-police

On 07/16/2021, a deputy attempted a traffic stop on Ramiro A. Rosete Jr. and discovered an outstanding warrant. He continued driving and was later located at a hotel where officers initiated a standoff and SWAT negotiations. Rosete barricaded himself, stated he had a handgun, and agreed to surrender after hours of contact. A gunshot was heard and officers found him with a self inflicted wound. He died at a hospital. Rosete was 43.

https://www.wibw.com/2021/07/18/suspect-involved-swat-situation-east-wichita-shoots-self-dies-hospital/
https://hayspost.com/posts/43bd08a6-6476-42a3-8395-0e1ce2bf3f18
https://www.audacy.com/knss/news/local/man-who-shot-himself-in-wichita-standoff-identified

On 07/16/2021, police responded to a report of a person with a gun and confronted Gerardo Martinez in Salinas. Officers opened fire after he raised an object toward them. Martinez was killed at the scene. Reporting later indicated he spoke Zapotec while commands were given in Spanish and that the object was a BB gun. Martinez was 19.

https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2021/07/16/salinas-police-shooting/7990950002/
https://kion546.com/news/2021/07/16/salinas-police-investigating-officer-involved-shooting/

On 07/16/2021, Roswell police confronted Craig Heinzen at a residence in the 2300 block of Mills Drive. Officers opened fire during the encounter and Heinzen was killed. He was 64. Authorities reported the investigation was handled by the New Mexico State Police and details about the immediate circumstances were limited in public reporting.

https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/police-investigate-shooting/article_9dfe6eac-e6df-11eb-8e0b-7f58fa6d85b.html
https://www.kob.com/archive/man-shot-and-killed-by-roswell-police/

On 07/16/2021, officers responded to a disturbance call in Gaithersburg and encountered Ryan LeRoux. Police opened fire during the encounter and LeRoux was pronounced dead. He was 21. State authorities reviewed the shooting and reporting identified the incident location at Flower Hill Way with limited detail released about the confrontation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/gaithersburg-police-shooting/2021/07/16/
https://www.mymcmedia.org/montgomery-county-police-investigate-officer-involved-shooting-in-gaithersburg/

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Speeding. A Virginia State Police trooper observed Tyrone J. Lewis driving a Ford Fusion approximately 85 mph in a posted 60-mph zone on Interstate 95 near Chippenham Parkway. The trooper activated emergency equipment and attempted a traffic stop. Lewis continued driving north on I-95, and the trooper pursued.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 07/15/2021, 28-year-old Tyrone J. Lewis of Richmond was killed when the Ford Fusion he was driving left an elevated Interstate 95 exit ramp and fell approximately 25 feet during a Virginia State Police pursuit in South Richmond. The vehicle overturned several times, ejecting Lewis, who died at the scene.
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The encounter began during the afternoon near Interstate 95 and Chippenham Parkway. Virginia State Police reported that a trooper observed Lewis traveling approximately 85 mph in a 60-mph zone. The trooper attempted to stop the Ford by activating the police vehicle's emergency equipment. Lewis continued north on I-95 while the trooper pursued.
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The pursuit continued approximately six miles north on Interstate 95 toward Richmond. Lewis eventually entered the exit ramp from northbound I-95 toward Maury Street.
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While traveling on the Maury Street ramp, the Ford left the roadway and plunged approximately 25 feet from the elevated ramp. The vehicle overturned several times after leaving the roadway. Lewis was ejected during the crash and died at the scene.
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Virginia State Police reported that Lewis was not wearing a seat belt. No passengers or uninvolved motorists were reported killed in the crash.
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No PIT/TVI maneuver, stop-stick deployment, roadblock or intentional police-vehicle contact was reported before Lewis's Ford left the ramp. The initiating offense was speeding, with police specifically reporting an observed speed of 85 mph in a 60-mph zone. The pursuit covered approximately six miles before the fatal crash.
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Virginia State Police investigated the fatal collision. Lewis's identity was released after the initial reports of the crash, which had described the deceased driver without naming him.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Virginia State Police trooper who attempted to stop and pursued Tyrone J. Lewis has not been publicly identified in the available reporting.
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https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/car-falls-25-feet-off-ramp-in-richmond-during-police-pursuit-driver-ejected-and-killed/
https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/driver-killed-during-pursuit-after-car-fell-25-feet-off-i-95-ramp-in-richmond-identified/
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/vehicle-falls-25-feet-off-i-95-ramp
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/Tyrone-Lewis-obit

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Speeding and reckless driving. A Chesapeake Police Department officer encountered Ishmel Seymore driving at high speed on Interstate 64 and attempted to stop him. Seymore continued driving away while police pursued. During the pursuit, police estimated his speed at more than 90 mph before he exited I-64 at Greenbrier Parkway and continued into the Greenbrier commercial district.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 07/15/2021, 54-year-old Jennifer Ann O’Connell was killed with her boyfriend, 65-year-old David Lee Jones, when a vehicle being pursued by Chesapeake police crashed into Jones's vehicle at Crossways Boulevard and Jarman Road near Greenbrier Mall. Jennifer was an uninvolved passenger and had no connection to Seymore or the police pursuit.
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The encounter began on Interstate 64 after a Chesapeake officer observed Seymore driving recklessly and attempted a traffic stop. Seymore continued driving away, and the officer pursued.
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The pursuit reached speeds exceeding 90 mph. Seymore exited I-64 at Greenbrier Parkway and continued into the busy commercial area surrounding Greenbrier Mall.
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At Crossways Boulevard and Jarman Road, Seymore crashed into the vehicle occupied by David and Jennifer. Another vehicle was also struck. David and Jennifer were both killed.
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No PIT/TVI maneuver, stop-stick deployment or roadblock has been identified in the available accounts before the fatal collision. Police documented speeds exceeding 90 mph during the pursuit.
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Jennifer and David had been dating for several years and shared both their personal lives and their profession. Both worked as commercial appraisers in the City of Chesapeake Real Estate Assessor's Office. Jennifer had joined the city in 2016.
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Jennifer was a graduate of George Mason University and Marymount University and had an extensive appraisal career spanning private industry and government. At the time of her death, she had completed the educational requirements toward the International Association of Assessing Officers' Residential Evaluation Specialist designation.
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Her professional colleagues remembered much more than her résumé. Jennifer was active in her church, loved animals and nature, was an enthusiastic Virginia Tech fan and had a particular affection for Irish culture. The Virginia Association of Assessing Officers remembered her as outgoing and caring, with a warm sense of humor.
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Jennifer had also recently begun volunteering with the Feldman Chamber Music Society, where David had served for many years. Their deaths therefore left an absence not only in their families and city workplace but also among the local cultural and professional communities in which they participated.
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Their deaths continued to affect their coworkers years later. Chesapeake Real Estate Assessor Greg Daniels said after Seymore's sentencing that he still avoided the intersection where Jennifer and David were killed whenever possible because passing the crash site brought back painful memories.
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Seymore survived and was prosecuted for causing both deaths. He eventually pleaded guilty to two counts of felony murder and felony eluding police. On 05/23/2024, he was sentenced to 31 years in prison.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Chesapeake Police Department officer who attempted to stop and pursued Seymore has not been publicly identified in the news and subsequent criminal-case reporting located for this reconstruction.
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DISPOSITION:
Ishmel Seymore pleaded guilty to two counts of felony murder and felony eluding police for the pursuit that killed Jennifer O’Connell and David Jones. In May 2024, he was sentenced to 31 years in prison.
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https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/chesapeake/chesapeake-police-pursuit-deadly-crash-crossways-blvd/291-8aba9822-e1ba-4e93-96af-230c778a52d2
https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/chesapeake/man-involved-in-deadly-chesapeake-crash-sentenced-to-31-years-in-prison/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-involved-deadly-chesapeake-crash-164758978.html
https://vaao.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fall-2021-Network-1.pdf
https://www.feldmanchambermusic.org/about-the-feldman-chamber-society/

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Speeding and reckless driving. A Chesapeake Police Department officer encountered Ishmel Seymore driving at high speed on Interstate 64 and attempted to stop him. Police reported that Seymore continued driving away instead of stopping, and the officer pursued. Seymore's speed exceeded 90 mph as the pursuit continued toward the Greenbrier area.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 07/15/2021, 65-year-old David Lee Jones was killed with his girlfriend, 54-year-old Jennifer Ann O’Connell, when a vehicle being pursued by Chesapeake police crashed into Jones's vehicle at Crossways Boulevard and Jarman Road near Greenbrier Mall. Jones and O’Connell had no connection to Seymore or the police pursuit.
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The encounter began on Interstate 64 when a Chesapeake police officer observed Seymore driving recklessly and at high speed. The officer attempted a traffic stop, but Seymore continued driving away while police pursued.
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During the pursuit, police estimated Seymore's speed at more than 90 mph. He exited Interstate 64 at Greenbrier Parkway and continued into the heavily developed commercial area surrounding Greenbrier Mall.
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Seymore reached the intersection of Crossways Boulevard and Jarman Road, where he crashed into the vehicle driven by Jones. The collision also involved another vehicle. Jones and O’Connell suffered fatal injuries and died that evening.
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No PIT/TVI maneuver, stop-stick deployment or roadblock has been identified in the available accounts before the fatal collision. The documented pursuit speed exceeded 90 mph.
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David and Jennifer were not strangers who happened to be traveling together. They were a couple who had been dating for several years and were also coworkers in the City of Chesapeake Real Estate Assessor's Office. David had worked for the city as a commercial appraiser since 2000, giving him more than two decades of public service when he was killed.
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David was an Old Dominion University graduate and a highly credentialed professional appraiser. He held the International Association of Assessing Officers' Residential Evaluation Specialist and Assessment Administration Specialist designations and was a Virginia Certified General Appraiser. Before joining Chesapeake, he had worked in banking.
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Outside work, classical music was an important part of David's life. He was a longtime supporter and board member of the Feldman Chamber Music Society and served for years as its secretary. The organization continues to list him on its board roster “In Memoriam.”
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People who knew David remembered someone whose presence reliably lifted the people around him. His nephew Grant Gardner said after Seymore's sentencing that David was consistently upbeat and dependable, while fellow Feldman board member Pete Morford described the loss of David and Jennifer as immeasurable.
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Seymore survived the crash and was prosecuted for the deaths. He eventually pleaded guilty to two counts of felony murder and felony eluding police. On 05/23/2024, he was sentenced to 31 years in prison.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Chesapeake Police Department officer who initiated the traffic stop and pursued Seymore has not been publicly identified in the news and subsequent criminal-case reporting located for this reconstruction.
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DISPOSITION:
Ishmel Seymore pleaded guilty to two counts of felony murder and felony eluding police for the pursuit that killed David Jones and Jennifer O’Connell. In May 2024, he was sentenced to 31 years in prison.

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/chesapeake/chesapeake-police-pursuit-deadly-crash-crossways-blvd/291-8aba9822-e1ba-4e93-96af-230c778a52d2
https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/chesapeake/man-involved-in-deadly-chesapeake-crash-sentenced-to-31-years-in-prison/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-involved-deadly-chesapeake-crash-164758978.html
https://vaao.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fall-2021-Network-1.pdf
https://www.feldmanchambermusic.org/about-the-feldman-chamber-society/

On July 15, 2021, deputies from the Arenac County Sheriff's Office, along with officers from the Michigan State Police and the Saginaw-Chippewa Tribal Police Department, responded to a domestic violence situation at a residence in the 2100 block of Whites Beach Road in Standish Township. Upon arrival, they found that one of the two men involved in the incident was already deceased. The other man, Joshua I. Smith, was inside the house and refused to come out. Officers escalated a standoff. The situation concluded around 3:30 p.m. when Smith shot and killed himself.

https://www.wsgw.com/two-dead-after-arenac-county-standoff/

On 07/15/2021, Matthew James Sova was shot and killed by Los Angeles Police Department officers on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. Police responded to multiple calls reporting a man holding what appeared to be a firearm in a crowded tourist area. Officers located Sova near 6776 Hollywood Boulevard. According to police, officers confronted him and opened fire, killing him at the scene. Investigators later confirmed that the object Sova was holding was a toy gun. In November 2022, the California Department of Justice released its review and declined to file charges against the officers involved.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-15/lapd-police-fatally-shoot-man-hollywood-boulevard
https://www.davisvanguard.org/2022/11/lapd-officers-who-shot-killed-unarmed-man-cleared-in-ca-doj-report/
https://homicide.latimes.com/post/matthew-james-sova/

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Stolen vehicle. Jasper County Sheriff’s Office deputies were pursuing a pickup truck allegedly driven by 23-year-old Kade Orion Davis after the truck had been reported stolen. The pursuit continued from Jasper County into neighboring Orange County.
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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/15/2021, 58-year-old Laurie Beth Seehusen of Vidor was killed when a stolen pickup truck being pursued by Jasper County Sheriff’s Office deputies crashed into her car on Barnhill Road in Orange County. Seehusen was the sole person in her vehicle and was not involved in the police pursuit.
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The pursuit originated with Jasper County sheriff’s deputies and crossed into Orange County. Police alleged that Davis was driving a stolen pickup truck while deputies pursued him. The available reporting does not establish that Seehusen had any opportunity to know that a police pursuit was approaching her.
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Shortly after 4:30 p.m., the pursuit reached Barnhill Road near the intersection of Texas Highway 105 and FM 1131. The pickup crashed into the car Seehusen was driving. She suffered fatal injuries and died as a result of the collision. Davis sustained minor injuries and was taken into custody.
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Texas Department of Public Safety investigated and reconstructed the fatal collision. DPS Lt. Chuck Havard confirmed that Jasper County sheriff’s deputies were pursuing the stolen truck when it crashed into Seehusen’s vehicle.
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The available reporting does not document a PIT/TVI maneuver, stop-stick deployment, roadblock or intentional police-vehicle contact immediately before the fatal collision. Published accounts also do not provide the pursuit’s maximum speed, total duration or distance, the number of deputies participating, or the following distance between the pursuing deputies and Davis immediately before the collision.
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Davis was subsequently identified as the 23-year-old Lumberton man driving the pickup. The Jasper County inmate arrest report listed numerous charges against him, including evading arrest or detention, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, deadly conduct, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, possession of marijuana, violation of a bond or protective order, theft and other offenses.
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Davis also had a documented history of fleeing police before the pursuit that killed Seehusen. On 08/03/2020, less than a year before the fatal crash, he was booked into the Liberty County Jail on charges that included evading arrest, reckless driving, resisting arrest, failure to identify as a fugitive, criminal mischief and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office deputies who pursued the stolen pickup have not been publicly identified.

https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/crime/jasper-county-high-speed-chase-turns-deadly/502-c059f1c9-2781-4592-9ebc-9fe05b23cf6e
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/DPS-identifies-bystander-killed-during-police-16319332.php
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Driver-in-fatal-high-speed-chase-faces-multiple-16337747.php
https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Driver-in-fatal-high-speed-chase-faces-multiple-16337747.php
https://bluebonnetnews.com/2020/08/05/liberty-county-jail-arrest-report-aug-3-2020/

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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/15/2021, 34-year-old Kristopher M. Burden of Leitchfield was killed when the motorcycle he was driving crashed during a two-county police pursuit that began in Grayson County and continued into Edmonson County. Kentucky State Police identified the motorcycle as stolen.
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The pursuit was initiated by a Grayson County Sheriff’s Office deputy because Burden was driving a motorcycle that had been reported stolen. Burden continued into Edmonson County, where the Grayson County deputy lost sight of the motorcycle.
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An Edmonson County sheriff’s deputy subsequently saw Burden traveling south on Kentucky Highway 259 North in the Kyrock area. According to Kentucky State Police, Burden made an unlawful turn in the middle of the roadway and nearly collided with another vehicle traveling on Highway 259. The Edmonson County deputy then began a second pursuit of the motorcycle.
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Burden turned west from Highway 259 onto Sunfish Bee Spring Road while the Edmonson County deputy pursued him. Near the 2500 block, Burden failed to negotiate a curve and left the roadway. The motorcycle struck a road sign and guardrail, ejecting Burden.
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Burden was pronounced dead at the scene by the Edmonson County coroner. Kentucky State Police reported that he was not wearing a helmet.
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The sequence is significant because this was not one uninterrupted pursuit by the same agency. The Grayson County deputy initiated the first pursuit but lost sight of Burden when he entered Edmonson County. An Edmonson County deputy later encountered Burden independently on Highway 259, observed the unlawful turn and near collision, and initiated the pursuit that continued onto Sunfish Bee Spring Road and ended in Burden’s fatal crash.
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Kentucky State Police Post 3 was requested by the Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office to conduct the fatal-collision investigation. KSP Detective Michael Waggener led the investigation. Brownsville police, Edmonson County EMS, Kyrock and Bear Creek firefighters, the District 5 constable and the county coroner also responded.
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Edmonson County Sheriff Shane Doyle said the pursuing deputy administered emergency medical aid to Burden until EMS personnel arrived. Doyle also said his department relied on Kentucky State Police to conduct an independent investigation of the fatal incident.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Grayson County deputy who initiated the first pursuit and the Edmonson County deputy who initiated the second pursuit and was present following Burden’s fatal crash were not publicly identified in the contemporary reports or Kentucky State Police release.

https://www.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov/news/p3-7-15-2021
https://www.edmonsonvoice.com/-news/man-killed-in-stolen-motorcycle-pursuit-collision
https://www.wnky.com/man-on-stolen-motorcycle-crashes-and-dies-during-police-pursuit/
https://www.wtvq.com/ksp-driver-of-stolen-motorcycle-dies-after-crashing-during-police-chase/
https://www.wcluradio.com/2021/07/16/traffic-fatality-thursday-in-edmonson-county/
https://fatalencounters.org/view/person/victim/e96ddb3e/

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/15/2021, 39-year-old Katie S. Foshee of Montgomery was critically injured while riding as a passenger in a 1989 Chevrolet Blazer during a multi-jurisdictional police pursuit that began in Wetumpka and continued through Montgomery and back into Elmore County. Foshee subsequently died from her injuries. The driver, 32-year-old Donald C. Williamson of Wetumpka, also died.
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Wetumpka police initially attempted to stop the Blazer after receiving reports of reckless driving. Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin separately described police as having spotted a person of interest connected to an ongoing investigation, but authorities did not publicly identify the person of interest or disclose the nature of that investigation. The available accounts do not establish that Foshee was the person police were seeking.
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The Blazer continued away from Wetumpka, and Elmore County sheriff’s deputies joined the pursuit. Police pursued the vehicle into Montgomery along Northern Boulevard and then north on Interstate 65. Foshee remained in the passenger seat throughout the pursuit.
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The Blazer exited I-65 at the Millbrook/Coosada exit and continued toward Alabama Highway 143. Elmore County deputies deployed spike strips near Cobbs Ford Road in an attempt to stop the vehicle.
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As the Blazer approached the spike strips, Williamson maneuvered around them. The vehicle entered a ditch, then re-entered Alabama 143 and collided with a 2020 International MV607 commercial vehicle approximately two miles south of Millbrook.
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Foshee suffered severe injuries and was transported to Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery. ALEA subsequently confirmed that she died from those injuries. Williamson, who had to be extricated from the wreckage, also remained hospitalized and died afterward.
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The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Highway Patrol Division investigated the fatal collision.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Wetumpka Police Department officers who initiated the attempted stop and the Elmore County sheriff’s deputies who participated in the pursuit and deployed the spike strips have not been publicly identified.
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https://www.wtvm.com/2021/07/19/second-person-dies-following-thursday-police-pursuit/
https://www.wsfa.com/2021/07/19/second-person-dies-following-thursday-police-pursuit/
https://www.wsfa.com/2021/07/15/2-suspects-injured-after-multi-county-police-pursuit/
https://elmoreautauganews.com/2021/07/19/both-occupants-of-vehicle-involved-in-police-pursuit-crash-thursday-have-died-alea-reports/
https://www.waka.com/2021/07/18/montgomery-woman-dies-from-injuries-in-elmore-county-car-crash/

On July 15, 2021, around 12:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to a domestic disturbance in Great Falls where they discovered one person dead. Xavier Vern Hutt had allegedly taken a hostage and fled, leading to a multi-agency car chase that concluded around 6:20 a.m. in the Cascadilla area of Flathead County, roughly 175 miles from Great Falls. Police shot and killed Hutt at the scene, though details surrounding the circumstances of his death were withheld by authorities.

https://apnews.com/article/shootings-homicide-964ce1078a142e3168487c6600e8a5b0
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/missoula-man-arrested-for-homicide-kidnapping
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2021/07/19/officials-identify-suspect-victim-in-homicide-abduction/
https://www.krtv.com/news/crime-and-courts/great-falls-murder-victim-and-suspect
https://theelectricgf.com/2021/07/19/gfpd-identifies-victim-suspect-in-homicide-kidnapping-incident/

On 07/14/2021, at approximately 11:00 a.m., FBI agents were conducting a coordinated operation involving arrest and search warrants at several Albuquerque locations following an investigation conducted with the Albuquerque Police Department and Drug Enforcement Administration. Agents encountered 31-year-old Marquez Floyd seated in an SUV behind a strip mall near Northeastern Boulevard NE and Wyoming Boulevard NE.
According to a subsequent FBI affidavit, agents surrounded Floyd’s vehicle and ordered him to show his hands. The affidavit states that Floyd reached for a handgun and fired through the SUV’s window, striking an FBI agent. Multiple agents returned fire, killing Floyd in the alley behind the shopping center. The wounded agent was hospitalized.
Court records showed that federal investigators had monitored Floyd for nearly two years and were preparing to arrest him while searching locations connected to their investigation. The operation included plans to seize firearms, drugs, telephones, computers and other potential evidence. The FBI identified Floyd two days after the shooting but did not publicly identify the agents who fired.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/local/article_03339ab5-32c3-5c42-9aef-d1bd166dce5a.html
https://www.aol.com/amphtml/court-records-detail-deadly-shooting-140800422.html
https://www.kob.com/archive/fbi-man-killed-in-shootout-with-agent-was-local-leader-of-bloods-gang/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/court-records-lay-details-fbi-040100068.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/affidavit-man-slain-fbi-gang-161500993.html

On 07/14/2021, at approximately 7:35 p.m., Houston Police Department Vice Division officers requested that Gang Division Crime Reduction Unit officers stop a Nissan connected to an undercover prostitution operation. Officers Manuel Salazar and Nestor Garcia located the vehicle, which was driven by 32-year-old David Anthony Salinas, and activated their emergency lights. Salinas continued driving away while police pursued. Approximately 20 seconds after police attempted the stop, Salinas crashed into a concrete support pillar while attempting to turn beneath the Gulf Freeway at 6900 Monroe Road. The collision disabled the Nissan and deployed its airbag.
Salazar positioned the police vehicle beside the Nissan’s driver-side door, preventing Salinas from opening it. Salazar and Garcia approached from opposite sides with their guns pointed into the vehicle and repeatedly ordered Salinas to show his hands. Body-camera footage shows Salinas raising his empty hands several times and then lowering them or moving them out of the officers’ view as he shifted inside the damaged vehicle. Salazar repeatedly yelled for Salinas to stop reaching, while Garcia announced that Salinas was reaching. Both officers then fired into the Nissan, striking Salinas. Paramedics transported him to Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, where he died. Police recovered a handgun from the driver-side floorboard beneath the steering wheel.
Houston police released body-camera recordings from Salazar, Garcia and responding officers on 08/12/2021. The footage showed Salinas displaying his hands intermittently while the officers shouted overlapping commands and warned one another about crossfire before shooting him. Salazar and Garcia had each served with HPD since 2016 and were assigned to the Gang Division.
Salinas’ widow, Brittany Salinas, his mother, Nelda Cordova Salinas, and his estate filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against Salazar, Garcia and the City of Houston. The lawsuit alleged excessive force, failure to provide medical assistance, inadequate training and supervision, state-created danger and violations of the Texas Tort Claims Act. The family’s account stated that Salinas had stopped at a gas station and was speaking by telephone with his friend Jason De La Cruz before police began following him.
A federal district judge dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, ruling that Salazar and Garcia were protected by qualified immunity. Brittany Salinas appealed. On 05/23/2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reviewed the body-camera recordings and affirmed the dismissal. The appellate court ruled that the officers could reasonably have believed Salinas presented an immediate threat when his hands repeatedly disappeared from their view inside the vehicle. The court also dismissed the claims against Houston, finding no underlying constitutional violation and ruling that the city retained sovereign immunity from the state-law claims.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/Houston-police-release-body-worn-footage-of-man-16383102.php
https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2021/jul/nr071521-2.htm
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/houston-police-release-video-from-deadly-shooting-of-man-by-officers-in-july
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/08/12/graphic-videos-houston-police-release-body-camera-footage-from-deadly-officer-involved-shooting-in-southeast-houston-in-july/
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca5/23-20617/23-20617-2025-05-23.html

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Stolen vehicle. Shortly after 4:00 p.m. on 07/10/2021, Oakdale police received information that a Chevrolet Tahoe parked outside Cub Foods on 10th Street North had been reported stolen. Officers identified Scott David Hardy in the driver’s seat, approached the Tahoe and ordered him to turn off the engine and put his hands outside the window. Hardy instead drove away, and Oakdale officers pursued.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 07/10/2021, 80-year-old Shirley J. Bilden of Maplewood was critically injured when the stolen Chevrolet Tahoe Oakdale police had been pursuing crashed into her Chevrolet Malibu at Geneva Avenue and 10th Street. Bilden had no connection to Hardy, the stolen Tahoe or the police encounter. She remained hospitalized for four days and died at Regions Hospital on 07/14/2021.
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The police encounter began at the Cub Foods on 10th Street North. Officers had originally been dispatched to the store concerning an unrelated panhandler. After arriving, police were alerted to the stolen Tahoe in the parking lot and approached Hardy. Officers ordered him to shut off the vehicle and show his hands. Hardy drove out of the parking lot with a man and a woman riding with him.
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Hardy accelerated into nearby residential neighborhoods while Oakdale officers pursued. According to the criminal complaint, he reached speeds approaching 70 mph and drove through residential yards. Oakdale police terminated the pursuit because of the danger Hardy’s driving presented in the neighborhood.
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Shortly after officers discontinued the pursuit, they saw a large plume of smoke in the distance. Hardy had continued approximately 1¼ miles from the Cub Foods and entered the intersection of Geneva Avenue and 10th Street against a red traffic signal, crashing the Tahoe into Bilden’s Chevrolet Malibu. Both vehicles were severely damaged.
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Bilden suffered extensive traumatic injuries, including fractures involving her back, shoulder, vertebrae and ankle, and had difficulty breathing following the collision. Emergency personnel transported her to Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
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Hardy left the wrecked Tahoe and ran to nearby Union Cemetery. There, while a woman and her children were visiting a gravesite, he attempted to take her vehicle. People at the cemetery restrained Hardy until police arrived and arrested him. The two passengers who had been riding in the Tahoe were hospitalized with injuries from the collision.
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Shirley remained at Regions Hospital until 07/14/2021, when she died from the injuries caused by the crash.
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Shirley grew up on a farm in Rothsay, Minnesota. She later moved to St. Paul, where she raised her family, and worked for Burlington Northern Railroad. She lived for many years in Oakdale before settling in Maplewood.
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Her family remembered her especially for the attention she gave to the people she loved. Regular telephone calls and greeting cards for birthdays, holidays and other occasions were characteristic ways Shirley stayed connected with relatives and friends. She was survived by grandchildren, great-grandchildren, four siblings, nieces, nephews and close friends. Three of her children—Rodney, Daniel and Laurie—had died before her.
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Shirley was buried at Union Cemetery—the same cemetery where Hardy had run immediately after the crash and attempted to take another vehicle. Her son Daniel was also buried there.
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Hardy was charged with fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle resulting in death, receiving stolen property and attempted motor-vehicle theft. Court records also showed that his driver’s license had been revoked when he drove the stolen Tahoe.
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In February 2024, Hardy pleaded guilty to fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle resulting in death. The receiving-stolen-property and attempted-motor-vehicle-theft charges were dismissed under the plea agreement.
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On 04/12/2024, a Washington County judge sentenced Hardy to 166 months—13 years and 10 months—in prison, with credit for two years and 273 days already served.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Oakdale Police Department officers who approached Hardy at Cub Foods and participated in the pursuit have not been publicly identified.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/scott-hardy-sentenced-shirley-bilden-maplewood-police-chase-crash/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wadena-man-gets-14-years-223500574.html
https://www.startribune.com/man-charged-after-woman-dies-of-oakdale-crash-injuries/600078486
https://www.startribune.com/13-year-sentence-for-man-who-fatally-hit-other-driver-while-fleeing-police-in-oakdale/600359209
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/man-sentenced-to-over-13-years-in-prison-for-fatal-oakdale-crash/
https://www.fox9.com/news/driver-sentenced-fatal-oakdale-crash-following-pursuit
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/man-sentenced-to-over-13-years-for-oakdale-crash-that-killed-80-year-old-woman
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/woman-struck-by-fleeing-suspect-in-maplewood-dies-from-injuries
https://obituaries.startribune.com/obituary/shirley-bilden-1090158374/

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OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY:
On 07/14/2021, 9-year-old Hershel Weinberger was killed when off-duty Chicago Police Department Officer Michael Leverett struck him with a Toyota Tundra pickup truck while Hershel was riding his bicycle through the crosswalk at North Sacramento and West Chase avenues in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood.
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At approximately 8:00 p.m., Hershel was riding east on the north sidewalk of Chase Avenue, returning home after playing at a friend’s house. Children younger than 12 were legally permitted to ride bicycles on Chicago sidewalks. Hershel entered the marked crosswalk across Sacramento Avenue at an intersection controlled by four-way stop signs. Leverett was driving north on Sacramento.
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Witnesses reported that Leverett appeared to run the stop sign before striking Hershel. Witnesses also reported that Hershel’s bicycle was dragged beneath Leverett’s pickup before the vehicle stopped. Neighbors immediately came to Hershel’s aid.
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Leverett gave police a different account. According to the crash report, he said he stopped at the stop sign, looked in both directions and proceeded north through the intersection. Leverett said he heard a loud noise, stopped just beyond the crosswalk and then found Hershel on the ground beside his truck.
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Hershel’s parents were nearby and heard the collision. His father, Shamai Weinberger, rushed to the intersection and held his son while they waited for emergency personnel. Hershel was transported to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was pronounced dead at 8:31 p.m.
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Leverett underwent alcohol and drug testing approximately three hours after the collision. Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara said Leverett’s Breathalyzer test was negative.
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Chicago police initially announced no citation or criminal charge against Leverett. On 07/16/2021, police disclosed that he had been cited for failure to exercise due care for a person in the roadway. Despite eyewitness accounts that Leverett appeared to have driven through the stop sign, the publicly reported citation was for failure to exercise due care rather than a stop-sign violation.
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Hershel lived with his family in the 2900 block of West Chase Avenue, only about a block from where he was killed. He was one of four boys and had a twin brother. He attended Seymour J. Abrams Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School in Skokie. His father described him as a typical happy 9-year-old who enjoyed life, while family friend and teacher Ruth Lee remembered his kindness and vibrant personality.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Michael Leverett was 48 and an off-duty Chicago police officer when he killed Hershel. His disciplinary history included a serious incident more than two decades earlier for which the Chicago police superintendent sought his dismissal.
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On 02/25/2000, while off duty, Leverett drank alcohol at the My Mistake bar in Chicago while carrying an unregistered firearm. According to the subsequent Chicago Police Board case, Leverett later went to a woman’s apartment, physically grabbed or pushed her, threatened suicide, placed his gun in his mouth or relinquished it to the woman and told her to shoot him. Leverett also discharged the firearm during the incident.
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The Chicago police superintendent filed disciplinary charges and sought Leverett’s dismissal from the department. A majority of Police Board members found him guilty of misconduct but declined to fire him, instead imposing an 11-month suspension. Leverett subsequently returned to police duty.
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Leverett later became a substantial overtime earner within CPD. A Chicago Sun-Times investigation of police overtime found that he received $52,433 in overtime during a three-month period in 2018.
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More than 20 years after the disciplinary case, Leverett was still employed by CPD when he struck and killed Hershel while off duty. The fatal collision brought renewed public scrutiny to the earlier Police Board decision to suspend rather than terminate him.

https://chi.streetsblog.org/2021/07/15/off-duty-cop-who-reportedly-ran-stop-sign-killing-boy-on-bike-has-not-been-cited/
https://chi.streetsblog.org/2021/07/30/cop-who-killed-hershel-weinberger-9-was-previously-suspended-after-drunken-suicide-threat
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/7/14/22578113/hershel-weinberger-rogers-park-crash-chicago-police-officer-bicycle
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/7/16/22579975/hershel-weinberger-west-rogers-park-citation
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/west-rogers-park-boy-on-bike-killed/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/hershel-weinberger-9-year-old-bicycle-accident-west-rogers-park/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/rogers-park-chicago-police-officer-charged-hitting-boy-on-bicycle/
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/off-duty-chicago-police-officer-strikes-kills-9-year-old-boy-riding-bike-in-west-rogers-park
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/off-duty-officer-gets-citation-after-fatally-striking-9-year-old-boy-riding-bike-in-west-rogers-park

On 07/13/2021, at approximately 2:00 p.m., a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper stopped to refuel at the Murphy’s Express gas station at Peyton Road and Eastlake Boulevard in Horizon City. According to DPS, 21-year-old Jesse Joe Carranza drove a white pickup truck the wrong way through a one-way portion of the property and stopped behind the trooper’s patrol vehicle. Carranza exited the pickup and approached the trooper. DPS reported that a physical struggle followed and that Carranza grabbed the trooper’s Taser from his duty belt. The trooper fired his handgun, striking Carranza. Carranza was transported to a hospital, where he died. The Texas Rangers investigated the shooting.
Carranza’s family disputed the DPS account. His mother, Jessica Vargas, and the family’s attorneys said Carranza was unarmed and backing away from the trooper when he was shot. Vargas described her son as loving and nonviolent. The family retained attorneys Chloe Corbett and Augustus Corbett and held a public press conference in July 2022 demanding an open and transparent investigation. They said authorities had not provided the family with the trooper’s name or meaningful information about the shooting more than a year after Carranza’s death.
KFOX initially reported that the family was suing DPS, but the family’s attorneys issued a correction stating that the press conference concerned transparency and accountability rather than the filing of a lawsuit. The attorneys also criticized the length of the investigation and questioned why the case had not been presented to a grand jury more than a year after the shooting. They said a planned meeting with then-El Paso County District Attorney Yvonne Rosales was canceled after the press conference.

https://cbs4local.com/news/local/law-enforcement-authorities-respond-to-incident-in-far-east-el-paso
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/police-responding-to-incident-at-gas-station-in-far-east-el-paso
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/family-of-jesse-carranza-man-killed-in-horizon-city-officer-involved-shooting-july-13-2021-sues-texas-dps-2022
https://corbettfirm.com/attorney-chloe-corbetts-response-to-kfox14-and-the-honorable-yvonne-rosales/

On July 13, 2021, John R. McCarthy shot and killed a man who was pumping gas at a gas station. McCarthy later reportedly engaged in a gunfight with an undercover sheriff's deputy at another gas station not far away. After the exchange of gunfire, McCarthy shot himself in the head, ultimately causing his death.

https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/police-on-scene-of-incident-at-pilot-travel-center-in-racine-county 

On 07/13/2021, at approximately 8:00 a.m., members of the U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, including Baltimore Police detectives, located 32-year-old Justin Powell in the parking lot of Security Square Mall while attempting to serve warrants related to a homicide investigation. Powell was wanted on first-degree murder and handgun warrants stemming from the June 19, 2021 fatal shooting of Ali Hanes in West Baltimore. Investigators had been searching for both Powell and a vehicle connected to that homicide.
According to investigators, officers approached Powell after locating him with the vehicle in the mall parking lot. Police reported that Powell exited the vehicle and immediately opened fire, striking two Baltimore Police detectives assigned to the federal task force. Multiple officers returned fire, striking Powell. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The two detectives were taken to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with gunshot wounds and survived after treatment.
Baltimore County Police led the criminal investigation because the shooting occurred within its jurisdiction, while the Baltimore Police Department conducted the administrative review involving its detectives. Authorities recovered multiple bullet-damaged vehicles from the scene as investigators documented the exchange of gunfire in the mall parking lot.
The shooting received significant public attention because it involved members of a regional federal fugitive task force attempting to arrest a homicide suspect in a busy shopping center during business hours. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison stated the detectives had been attempting to apprehend Powell for the June homicide when the gunfire erupted. Mayor Brandon Scott publicly praised the detectives' actions and emphasized the role of the Warrant Apprehension Task Force in pursuing violent crime suspects.

• https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/baltimore-officers-injured-suspect-killed-at-security-square-mall/
• https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/wanted-murder-suspect-killed-by-police-two-officers-injured
• https://apnews.com/article/shootings-baltimore-fdc2331eedbf6986e5e5ce4e6f9ccc31
• https://abcnews.go.com/US/baltimore-police-officers-shot/story?id=78816142
• https://baltimorewitness.org/homicide-suspect-killed-in-police-involved-shooting-in-baltimore-county/

On 07/12/2021, Fontana Police officers attempted to stop a white Honda Accord driven by 38-year-old Larry Luis Mendez. Mendez continued driving away while police pursued onto Interstate 10. The pursuit ended when Mendez stopped on the eastbound on-ramp at Milliken Avenue in Ontario. After the vehicle came to a stop, officers surrounded it and repeatedly ordered Mendez to surrender.
According to the San Bernardino County District Attorney's subsequent investigation, Mendez exited the vehicle holding a handgun and ignored repeated commands to drop it. Officer Alex Yanez fired his department-issued rifle, striking Mendez. Officers recovered a loaded semiautomatic handgun near Mendez after the shooting. Mendez was pronounced dead at the scene.
The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office conducted an independent review that included officer interviews, witness statements, physical evidence, body-worn camera recordings, dispatch recordings, forensic testing, and autopsy findings. In a 23-page public memorandum released on March 28, 2025, the District Attorney concluded that Officer Alex Yanez acted in lawful self-defense and defense of others because Mendez presented an imminent threat while armed with a handgun. The memorandum determined the use of deadly force was legally justified and declined to file criminal charges against the officer.
The public release memorandum identified Alex Yanez as the involved officer and Detective Gary Naranjo of the Ontario Police Department as the lead investigator. The report also documented that investigators recovered Mendez's handgun, spent cartridge casings, body-camera evidence, and other forensic evidence supporting the District Attorney's review of the shooting.

Officer Yanez killed another man 18 months later:
Jaime Valdez — November 11, 2023
Officer Yanez responded alone to a domestic violence call in Fontana. According to the California Department of Justice, Valdez physically fought with Yanez, deployed Yanez's Taser against him, struck him, and grabbed at Yanez's holstered handgun. Yanez fatally shot Valdez during the struggle. Valdez's family later filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit alleging excessive force. In February 2026, the California DOJ completed its independent AB 1506 review and concluded there was insufficient evidence to support criminal charges against Yanez.

https://www.sbsun.com/2021/07/12/10-freeway-pursuit-ends-in-police-shooting-in-ontario/
https://da.sbcounty.gov/2025/04/17/officer-involved-shooting-fatal-ontario-l-mendez/
https://da.sbcounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/120/2025/04/Mendez-Larry-OIS-Public-Release-Memorandum.pdf

On 07/12/2021, at approximately 1:30 p.m., 59-year-old Bobby Ray Hollingshead of Sheridan drove to the emergency department entrance at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock. According to the Arkansas State Police, Hollingshead exited his truck while armed with a handgun and ordered responding UAMS police officers to stay back. During the confrontation, a UAMS police officer fired one round after Hollingshead raised the handgun. Hollingshead was transported inside the hospital for emergency treatment but later died.
The following day, the Arkansas State Medical Examiner issued a preliminary ruling concluding that Hollingshead died from a single self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Medical Examiner further determined that the gunshot wound inflicted by the UAMS police officer did not hasten or contribute to Hollingshead's death. Based on those findings, the manner of death was classified as suicide rather than homicide. Arkansas State Police continued their investigation of the officer's use of force and forwarded the case to the prosecuting attorney for review.

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jul/13/man-shot-by-little-rock-police-identified/
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jul/12/armed-man-shot-by-uams-officer/
https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-police-shootings-suicides-little-rock-fefcf4f7a73a3d0df0d7c1d87d14dfb8
https://infonews.ca/news/1073639/man-thought-shot-by-police-in-arkansas-now-ruled-a-suicide/

Deputies from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office were attempting to locate Lewis Moores II around 9:50 a.m. to arrest him on outstanding warrants. Two deputies ordered Moores to come out of his home. After about 10 minutes, Moores fired at the deputies, prompting one deputy to return fire. A standoff ensued, lasting approximately two hours, during which Moores periodically fired more shots while refusing to surrender. Moores ultimately shot and killed himself.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/pasco/2021/07/13/man-fires-at-deputies-then-fatally-shoots-himself-during-dade-city-standoff-pasco-sheriff-says/

Deputies from the Escambia County Sheriff's Office stopped a vehicle driven by a woman at 2:45 a.m., with Johnny Ray Kirk and Michael Allen Lawson as passengers. After the stop, Kirk jumped out of the passenger seat and immediately fired toward two deputies who had arrived in separate cruisers. The deputies shot and killed Kirk. He was wanted for allegedly kidnapping two 16-year-old girls in Walton County and murdering an 80-year-old man.

https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2021/07/12/escambia-county-deputies-shoot-suspect-wanted-in-okaloosa-murder/7935863002/

On 07/12/2021, Little Rock police responded to reports of an armed man in the area of West Markham Street near Shackleford Road. Officers encountered 34-year-old Charles Edward Stinnett Jr. outside a business, where a confrontation occurred. According to investigators, Stinnett was armed with a handgun and exchanged gunfire with responding officers. Officers returned fire, striking Stinnett. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries.
The Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division assumed responsibility for the investigation, as is standard practice for officer-involved shootings in Arkansas. Evidence from the scene, including witness statements, physical evidence, and officer interviews, was submitted to the Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney for review to determine whether the officers' use of deadly force complied with Arkansas law.
Stinnett was identified by the Pulaski County Coroner's Office the day after the shooting. Initial reports indicated the encounter began after officers responded to a disturbance involving an armed individual along the commercial corridor on West Markham Street. Multiple officers were present during the exchange of gunfire.

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jul/12/little-rock-police-investigate-shooting-west-markham/
https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/little-rock-police-investigate-officer-involved-shooting/
https://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/little-rock-officer-involved-shooting-investigation/91-5e78bb88-4c26-4d7e-bec7-6b92cc8bcb9
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jul/13/man-shot-by-little-rock-police-identified/
 

On July 11, 2021, Shawn Marvin Thomas, 36, was shot and killed by deputies from the San Juan County Sheriff's Office following a pursuit that began on the Navajo Nation. Around 1:25 p.m., police were notified of a man armed with a gun at a Speedway gas station at the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and U.S. Highway 491. Thomas, reportedly holding a gun, left in a blue Toyota passenger car. Tribal police pursued Thomas eastbound on U.S. Highway 64 until he entered the Sheriff's Office jurisdiction. Deputies deployed stop sticks, deflating two tires, and Thomas's vehicle stopped in the westbound lanes near mile markers 33 and 34. Deputies approached the vehicle, and for reasons not specified, one deputy shot and killed Thomas.

https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/man-shot-killed-by-san-juan-co-deputies-had-long-criminal-history/
• https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/albuquerque-man-dies-in-officer-involved-shooting-east-of-shiprock/
• https://www.ksje.com/news/local-news/more-details-released-about-officer-involved-shooting/

On 07/11/2021, the Maryland State Police responded to a call for duty at the 100 block of Chesapeake Ridge Lane. Officers saw a man holding a gun. The man allegedly fired shots at the officers. Officers opened fire. The individual was pronounced dead at the scene. The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit is conducting the criminal investigation, with additional procedural investigations by the Maryland State Police Internal Affairs Division and oversight by the Cecil County State's Attorney.

https://news.maryland.gov/msp/2021/07/12/update-state-police-release-identity-of-deceased-in-shooting-investigation-in-cecil-co/
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/jonathan-balchunas-killed-domestic-incident-cecil-county/
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/chesapeake-ridge-lane-north-east-cecil-county-investigation/36992322
https://apnews.com/article/fires-police-cd27c711a9fe726c7eb29b4efa87b2b2
https://firststateupdate.com/2021/07/maryland-troopers-update-fatal-officer-involved-shooting/

On 07/10/2021, Baltimore Police officers responded around 10:30 a.m. to reports of an armed confrontation on Plum Street. Police located a man who had pointed a gun at another person during a dispute and ran into a residence, triggering a hostage situation. Negotiators responded and officers contained the scene for several hours. Around 4:00 p.m., SWAT entered the home and found a 30-year-old woman with a gunshot wound and the 31-year-old man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head; both were pronounced dead at the scene. Police stated the man shot the woman and then shot himself, and officers recovered a weapon at the location.

https://www.wmar2news.com/homepage-showcase/bpd-man-kills-woman-and-himself-in-hostage-murder-suicide

On 07/10/2021, at approximately 6: 21 p.m., a Michigan State Police trooper responded to reports of a man, identified as Randy Jenkins Jr., walking in the vicinity of W Brewer Road& S Morrice Road in Bennington Township, exhibiting strange behavior. Upon encountering Jenkins, the trooper attempted to use a Taser to subdue him after he became combative, but it had no effect. Jenkins allegedly then produced a firearm and began shooting. The trooper tried to disarm Jenkins, who reportedly aimed the gun again. Police opened fire and killed him.

https://www.wlns.com/news/local-news/update-owosso-man-killed-by-state-trooper-identified/
https://www.fox47news.com/news/local-news/owosso-man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-identified
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-state-police-man-fatally-shot-after-firing-gun-at-trooper/
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/21667735/randy-lee-jenkins-jr.
https://www.nelson-house.com/obituaries/Randy-Lee-Jenkins-Jr?obId=21667735
https://www.facebook.com/arguspress/posts/randy-lee-jenkins-37-of-owosso-was-fatally-wounded-after-exchanging-gunfire-with/10159287418949847/
https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/mi/owosso/randy-lee-jenkins-jr-13005768
https://copblaster.com/blast/38990/randy-lee-jenkins-killed-by-michigan-state-police
https://www.facebook.com/deaddeath1/posts/randy-jenkins-death-obituary-funeral-cause-of-death-police-have-identified-the-3/541866663897120/
https://www.wlns.com/news/michigan-state-police-to-get-body-cameras-in-new-state-budget/

On 07/10/2021, Avondale police officers responded to a call reporting a “suspicious person” near West Van Buren Street and North 111th Avenue. Officers encountered James Holland Sr. Police described Holland as being in a mental health crisis. During the encounter, officers used a Taser multiple times and restrained Holland on the ground. Video and reporting later showed an officer pressing a knee into Holland’s back while he was restrained. Holland became unresponsive and died shortly afterward. He was 37 years old. The Maricopa County Attorney cleared the officers of criminal charges. The city of Avondale later agreed to a multimillion-dollar civil settlement with Holland’s family.

https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/avondale-settles-police-in-custody-death-for-2m
https://www.yahoo.com/news/family-files-claim-over-2021-230329827.html
https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/body-camera-man-dies-in-avondale-pd-custody
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/avondale-pays-2m-man-dies-police-custody/75-4b3a0077-7566-444c-9a20-48ae3ca679a8

On 07/10/2021, the Cloquet Police Department, Fond du Lac Police Department, Carlton County Sheriff's Office, and Minnesota State Patrol responded to a call for an armed man entering a home on Ridge around 10: 20 a.m. Officers saw Cogswell armed with a gun and threatening residents. Officers cleared the house, leaving Cogswell inside. Officers reportedly used less-lethal efforts to bring an end to the event. Cogswell shot and killed himself.

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/police-man-who-died-by-suicide-during-cloquet-standoff-was-from-twin-cities
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-killed-self-cloquet-standoff-040100437.html
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/21739035/avery-brenden-cogswell/

Police responded to a shooting on Benjamin Franklin Drive after 11:30 p.m. involving Billy Niewold, a former maintenance employee who had been fired from his job at a condo. Niewold allegedly fired gunshots into an empty car and got into a dispute with two people afterward. He then barricaded himself in the building and shot and killed himself hours later.

https://www.wfla.com/news/sarasota-county/sarasota-police-in-standoff-with-man-barricaded-in-a-condo/ 

On July 9, 2021, officers from the Doyline Police Department and the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office responded to a call at 485 Green Tree Street in Doyline, Louisiana. During the encounter, Officer William Earl Collins Jr. was shot and killed in a shootout with Mahlon Taylor, a 59-year-old male.
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Police escalated a standoff that lasted several hours. Law enforcement forcibly entered the residence and discovered Taylor dead from a gunshot wound. It is unclear how Taylor died. Louisiana State Police investigated the shooting and did not explain the case.

https://www.ktalnews.com/news/local-news/louisiana-state-police-suspect-that-fatally-wounded-doyline-officer-has-died/

Markell J. Nevels, a 19-year-old Black male, died by suicide on July 9, 2021, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Police responded to the Campus Crossings Apartments around 10:40 a.m. after a report of a stolen vehicle. The owner of the white Lexus told police that Nevels was looking through the glove compartment and then pointed a handgun at him before fleeing in the car. The pursuit ended in front of the Regal Inn when Nevels allegedly rammed three Murfreesboro Police Department vehicles, a Rutherford County SUV, and a citizen's car. Nevels then fatally shot himself.

https://www.smithfuneraldirectors.com/obituaries/Markell-Nevels?obId=31071448 

On 07/09/2021, Salem police responded to a call reporting a domestic disturbance at a residence on June Avenue NE. Callers reported that Arcadio Castillo III had been drinking, was holding a knife, and had assaulted family members. Responding officers were informed that Castillo had a history of mental illness. Officers positioned themselves outside the home and observed Castillo inside holding a knife. Police reported that Castillo did not put the knife down after commands were given. An officer opened fire and shot Castillo, killing him at the scene. Castillo was 23 years old. A grand jury later ruled the shooting justified. The city of Salem later reached a settlement with Castillo’s family in a civil lawsuit related to his death.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/suspect-dies-after-salem-shooting-with-police/283-dc1afa34-99f2-457f-a2bb-54157fffdd77
https://katu.com/news/local/salem-officer-deceased-suspect-identified-in-friday-night-shooting
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/05/mother-of-man-shot-by-salem-police-alleges-negligence-files-wrongful-death-suit-against-officer-city.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/03/salem-to-pay-850000-to-settle-suit-by-family-of-23-year-old-man-fatally-shot-by-police.html

On 07/09/2021, deputies attempted a traffic stop near Interstate 605 and East Carson Street in Hawaiian Gardens. The driver continued driving and deputies escalated a pursuit that ended near the freeway interchange. Under unclear circumstances deputies opened fire and killed the individual. Authorities withheld the person’s identity and released limited detail about the encounter while the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau conducted the investigation.

https://abc7.com/hawaiian-gardens-deputy-involved-shooting/10884427/
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/person-killed-in-deputy-involved-shooting-in-hawaiian-gardens/
https://www.presstelegram.com/2021/07/09/deputies-shoot-kill-person-near-605-freeway-in-hawaiian-gardens/

Wichita police officers were made aware of a man experiencing mental health issues and suicidal thoughts. The man had reportedly threatened his neighbors and pointed a gun at individuals in a Wichita business. In the evening, officers pursued the man through several areas of west Wichita. His vehicle veered off the road at 55th Street South and South Meridian Avenue and entered a wheat field. The speed of the vehicle and heat from the engine sparked a fire in the dry grass, engulfing the car in flames. The man died from burns and smoke inhalation.

1. https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-person-dead-in-vehicle-fire-after-police-chase/
2. https://www.kake.com/story/47006163/wichita-police-chase-ends-in-deadly-vehicle-fire
3. https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article252781163.html

At approximately 6:41 p.m. on July 9, 2021, deputies from the Lewis County Sheriff's Office, along with officers from the Winlock Police Department, responded to a domestic violence call at a residence in the 100 block of Marsyla Heights Drive in Winlock, Washington. The call involved Michael J. Petit, who had reportedly assaulted a 72-year-old family member. The female victim informed officers that Petit physically assaulted her, discharged a handgun, and at one point pointed it at her, pulling the trigger, though the firearm did not discharge.
Law enforcement attempted to establish communication with Petit over several hours, urging him to surrender. When negotiations failed, officers deployed an unspecified "technological asset" to gain insight into the situation inside the residence. Following this deployment, officers encountered Petit, resulting in an exchange during which Petit sustained a fatal gunshot wound. Initial reports suggested the gunshot may have been self-inflicted, but subsequent information indicates police involvement in the shooting during the domestic violence call.

https://www.chronline.com/stories/winlock-man-found-dead-after-swat-standoff,268884 

On July 9, 2021, members of the Great Lakes Regional Task Force, including Chicago police officers, U.S. marshals, and Cook County deputies, attempted to apprehend 34-year-old Klevontaye White, who was wanted on multiple warrants, including charges of aggravated sexual assault with a firearm and escape from electronic monitoring. The task force located White in his vehicle on South Kilpatrick Avenue in Chicago. When officers approached, White allegedly pointed a firearm at them. In response, Officers Mays, Esquivel, and Napoleon, along with Deputy U.S. Marshal McCloud, discharged their weapons, fatally wounding White. Three officers were hospitalized for observation but were not injured.
abc7chicago.com
TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 1 Fatality (suspect), 3 Injuries (officers)

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-police-copa-video-west-garfield-park/10928363/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-shows-tense-moments-of-police-shooting-with-cops-yelling-to-stay-clear-as-they-fire-dozens-of-rounds-at-suspect/2579031/

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-police-west-garfield-park-officer/10874335/