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West Virginia troopers were seeking Anthony Meyers for failure to register after release from jail but they also felt he may be linked to some burglaries which remain unproven as he died before an investigation could be launched. Police found him in a location near Union, WV and shot and killed him. The circumstances are not well known. Should more information become available, it will be posted in this space.

https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/armed-dangerous-suspect-shot-killed-by-troopers-in-monroe-county/

Brady Hanna was driving on Route 41 when hit and killed by a police chase crash caused by a lengthy police pursuit of a stolen Ford F-150. Brady Hanna was a firefighter at the Nettie Fire Department. The police chase continued after his death when the man being hunted stole a police cruiser and desperately tried to escape in it, was chased into Craigsville where he stopped and surrendered to police.

https://www.firehouse.com/safety-health/video/53075457/offduty-nettie-wv-firefighter-killed-in-crash-during-police-pursuit-of-stolen-vehicle

https://www.wsaz.com/2023/10/16/man-accused-stealing-multiple-vehicles-including-police-cruiser-causing-fatal-crash/

Chaves County deputies were chasing a vehicle at high speed until it collided with a semi-truck and the driver died. Police did not disclose why they undertook this dangerous hunt.

Photo Credit: Chaves County FB page

https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/roswell-pursuit-ends-in-fatal-crash/

North Carolina Highway Patrol state that on 10/16/2023, Trooper Jeffrey Dunlap encountered a motorist who fired a shot at him, hitting the trooper in his ballistic vest. The trooper shot and killed Wesley Taylor. This story was presented by police alone and no eyewitnesses or video can be found for comparison narrative.

https://wcti12.com/newsletter-daily/gallery/major-traffic-disruption-on-interstate-26-near-asheville-due-to-unexplained-incident?photo=1

Leonard Cure was traffic-stopped on the I-95 in Camden County, Georgia on 10/16/2023 and reportedly cooperated with the deputy until he was told he was under arrest. It is unknown how the deputy approached him or why he was suddenly attacked by taser at a traffic stop but he allegedly fought the deputy because he did not want to go back to jail under any circumstances. He was shot and killed.

Leonard Cure had spent 16 years in a Florida prison and was exonerated when his innocence was proven in 2020. His reaction to being told that he was under arrest for an unknown traffic infraction was to try to escape. He was murdered in the process. Police have no comment so far, have not made claims thus far that he had been armed and have not commented why they killed him. Leonard Cure died at a traffic stop in Georgia at the hands of a deputy on 10/16/2023.

Sergeant Buck Aldridge who killed Cure was previously fired from the Kingsland PD for a record of excessive force.
*** 10/20/2023 UPDATE: It was discovered that deputy Buck Aldridge who killed Leonard Cure has a profound history of excessive force and on-duty and off-duty misconduct that caused him to be fired from his previous employer, the Kingsland PD. He was hired as deputy by Camden County in 2017 and is a sergeant.

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/georgia/officer-involved-shooting-camden-county-georgia-bureau-investigation-responding/Y4F4O5RMZZCP3NVCW2PX6VX5VU/

https://www.wbal.com/georgia-deputy-who-shot-absolved-man-had-prior-firing-for-excessive-force-critics-blame-the-sheriff/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGNIAozOIok

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/camden-deputy-who-killed-leonard-cure-fired-from-the-kingsland-police-department/77-3d74c10d-6d90-428d-9489-2bde5b5ff6f9

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/10/16/broward-man-who-was-exonerated-after-wrongful-conviction-is-shot-and-killed-by-georgia-deputy/

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-deputy-kills-exonerated-man-16-years-prison-wrongful-conviction-leonard-allen-cure

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/attorney-ben-crump-family-of-man-killed-by-camden-county-deputy-plead-for-transparency-georgia-lenoard-cure/77-255710a9-9d3c-4c25-b82e-ae21ac907141

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/georgia-agency-investigating-fatal-shoot-by-a-deputy-during-a-traffic-stop/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lee-allen-cure-imprisoned-16-years-wrongful-conviction-fatal-shooting-georgia-deputy/

https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=73031

A man locked himself into a gas station and police started a standoff at North Mesa Street and Doniphan Drive in El Paso on the morning of 10/16/2023. El Paso PD and SWAT attended the event. Police used CS gas, prohibited by international law, but in disregard of this nevertheless used by SWAT teams across the US. The noxious gas forced the man to run from the gas station. He tried to run away with a gun in hand and was shot and killed. Police say they have not identified him and that the event took place near a border crossing migrant-smuggling point.

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

Edgefield County deputies made a traffic stop. The driver exited the vehicle while the passenger jumped in the driver’s seat and drove away. Police escalated a chase, apparently with a shootout, and the chase went through Highway 23 to Woodyard Road and onto SC-19. Police fired at Robertson. A passenger ran away under fire from police and Robertson ran into nearby woods on the I-20. The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, North Augusta Public Safety and South Carolina Highway patrol organized a manhunt with multiple dogs and aircraft. A shot rang out. Robertson had committed suicide under the extreme police duress.

https://www.wjbf.com/top-stories/multi-county-pursuit-ends-with-suspect-suicide-2/

https://www.wrdw.com/2023/10/15/edgefield-county-traffic-stop-turns-chase-1-arrested-1-missing/

Shelby County deputy Sharon Lee had called the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office and said that her husband had pulled a gun on her. Deputies arrived and the bodies of SCSO deputy Anthonie Lee and his wife, Sharon Lee, were discovered inside a truck on the couple’s property Saturday night. Deputy Anthonie Lee had apparently shot his wife several times and killed her, then committed suicide.

https://wreg.com/news/local/scso-deputy-and-wife-found-dead-in-alleged-murder-suicide/Johnston

Shelby County deputy Sharon Lee had called the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office and said that her husband had pulled a gun on her. Deputies arrived and the bodies of SCSO deputy Anthonie Lee and his wife, Sharron Lee, were discovered inside a truck on the couple’s property Saturday night. Deputy Anthonie Lee had apparently shot his wife several times and killed her, then committed suicide.

https://wreg.com/news/local/scso-deputy-and-wife-found-dead-in-alleged-murder-suicide/

A Tehama deputy arrived at an accident and said he was shot by the driver with a rifle when he arrived. He radio’d for help and Red Bluff PD, Corning PD and Calfire all arrived. The driver with the rifle fled in the police car and was chased into the back of a semi truck, crashed and was arrested.

https://krcrtv.com/news/local/exchange-of-gunfire-leads-to-high-speed-chase-and-crash-in-tehama-county-officer-suspect-hospitalized

https://www.policemag.com/patrol/news/15636563/california-officer-shot-suspect-steals-and-crashes-patrol-vehicle

El Paso PD chased a young man accused of driving too fast only. He did not stop and police escalated a high-speed chase that ended when the chase crashed him into a family vehicle, killing an 8-year-old girl and two women ages 27 and 37 in the vehicle. The victims have not been identified yet. Police communicated so far that the only reason they undertook this multi-fatality chase was for what should have been a speeding ticket instead of a high-risk fatal chase.

https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/traffic/2023/10/15/fatal-el-paso-traffic-crashes-far-east-side-zaragoza-lower-valley/71194908007/

https://cbs4local.com/news/local/friends-mourn-tragic-loss-of-three-in-crash-involving-high-speed-police-chase-call-on-community-for-responsibility

El Paso PD chased a young man accused of driving too fast only. He did not stop and police escalated a high-speed chase that ended when the chase crashed him into a family vehicle, killing an 8-year-old girl and two women ages 27 and 37 in the vehicle. The victims have not been identified yet. Police communicated so far that the only reason they undertook this multi-fatality chase was for what should have been a speeding ticket instead of a high-risk fatal chase.

https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/traffic/2023/10/15/fatal-el-paso-traffic-crashes-far-east-side-zaragoza-lower-valley/71194908007/

https://cbs4local.com/news/local/friends-mourn-tragic-loss-of-three-in-crash-involving-high-speed-police-chase-call-on-community-for-responsibility

Chicago PD stopped a 30-year-old man in his vehicle for a code violation. It is unknown what transpired but the man got out of his car and fled away from police on foot. The trooper claims to have lost sight of him. He was found dead on the tracks from unknown cause shortly thereafter. This is a developing story and will be updated as soon as more information becomes available.The man has not been identified so far.

https://abc7chicago.com/traffic-stop-95th-red-line-illinois-state-police-cta-train-death/13918351/

Pendleton PD officers were involved in a high-speed police chase shortly after noon on 10/15/2023 that ended in a massive crash that killed both the driver and passenger of the vehicle. Police have not identified them yet and have not said why they undertook this fatal chase.

https://fox59.com/indiana-news/2-dead-in-anderson-crash-during-pendleton-police-chase/

https://localaccidentreports.com/anderson-in-john-and-karol-lewellen-killed-in-3-vehicle-pursuit-crash/

https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/docs-double-fatality-crash-in-anderson-was-result-of-100-mph-police-chase/

Sacramento PD chased a stolen Tesla through the city into the turf of Sacramento Sheriff’s Office where deputies joined the hunt. The chase was escalated to high speeds until the Tesla slammed into a minivan of a third-party motorist. Two people had to be extricated from the van. One of them died. One third-party person in the Tesla died also.

https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-county-crash-stolen-vehicle-tesla/45538410#

Sikeston DPS were called to an AA meeting where a man had a gun. When police arrived, they claimed he refused to drop the weapon and they shot and killed him. No video has been released and it is unknown whether the man was given adequate time to drop any weapon.

https://www.wsiltv.com/news/missouri/one-dead-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-sikeston/article_ee584e2e-6c3f-11ee-8683-138eda7383f8.html

Arriving at a mental health welfare check call, Kaukauna police found a deceased woman with substantial traumatic injuries and her husband exhibiting erratic behavior. Police stunned him with a taser an unknown number of times and he was taken to the hospital where he died. His wife Jessica Syoc was killed in the incident but is not listed in this database as her murder happened prior to arrival and without involvement of police.

https://www.whby.com/2023/10/18/kaukauna-man-arrested-in-connection-with-wifes-death-dies-in-police-custody/

El Paso PD chased a young man accused of driving too fast only. He did not stop and police escalated a high-speed chase that ended when the chase crashed him into a family vehicle, killing an 8-year-old girl and two women ages 27 and 37 in the vehicle. The victims have not been identified yet. Police communicated so far that the only reason they undertook this multi-fatality chase was for what should have been a speeding ticket instead of a high-risk fatal chase.

https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/traffic/2023/10/15/fatal-el-paso-traffic-crashes-far-east-side-zaragoza-lower-valley/71194908007/

https://cbs4local.com/news/local/friends-mourn-tragic-loss-of-three-in-crash-involving-high-speed-police-chase-call-on-community-for-responsibility

Georgia State Police said they “saw a Golf Infinity SUV speeding without a driver’s license,” also allegedly running a red light. It is unclear how police knew the driver was unlicensed unless they had been targeting and following him and this detail needs clarification from police. The vehicle slowed down, dropped off a passenger and kept driving. Georgia State troopers hunted the vehicle at high speed until it crashed into a Honda Civic at high speed, instantly killing a woman who had been driving down through Memorial Drive and Hairston Road when hit by the massive police chase crash. She has not been publicly identified yet.

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/woman-killed-driver-flees-from-troopers-crashes-into-car-dekalb-county/85-812c4354-1798-4968-8082-c8ce9b5b7dde

Madison County Sheriff’s Office announced that a woman died in their custody on 10/14/2023. Police state that they had been called to the ball field to deal with an intoxicated woman. Police state that they arrested her and that “an incident occurred” while transporting her to jail. The undisclosed incident reportedly occurred at FM 1452 and FM 39, an unpopulated stretch where 2 highways intersect, where she was pronounced dead from undisclosed causes while in police custody en route to jail. Police did not disclose what happened during transfer of a woman believed to be handcuffed that caused her sudden death on a highway, apparently in the back of a police car. Police have so far only confirmed her death in transit at this exact location without disclosing other details. Police have notified the family and apparently do not intend to notify the public of the person's identity or further details that led to this sudden death.

https://www.kbtx.com/2023/10/15/woman-dies-her-way-jail-madison-county/
https://www.newsbreak.com/normangee-tx/3193281412299-woman-dies-on-her-way-to-jail-in-madison-county

Sacramento PD chased a stolen Tesla through the city into the turf of Sacramento Sheriff’s Office where deputies joined the hunt. The chase was escalated to high speeds until the Tesla slammed into a minivan of a third-party motorist. Two people had to be extricated from the van. One of them died. One third-party person in the Tesla died also.

https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-county-crash-stolen-vehicle-tesla/45538410#

https://usaccidentlawyer.com/news/mashea-jordan-aphis-nash-killed-stolen-vehicle-pursuit-kiefer-boulevard-sacramento-ca/

A Hyundai Sonata driven by Tessa Hicks crossed the center line and crashed into a Washington Court House cruiser at 1:20 a.m. Hicks died in the crash.

https://news.yahoo.com/1-dead-crash-involving-area-171640933.html

A Pima County deputy drove through wide open desert at 5 a.m. on State Route 86 and somehow missed seeing a man in the road and hit and killed him while he was allegedly lying in the roadway. The man’s identity and further details have been withheld by police.

https://tucson.com/news/local/man-struck-killed-pcsd-patrol-vehicle-pima-county-sheriff/article_6e5f2180-6ab8-11ee-9b56-8b650098497b.html

Fond du Lac PD and Fond du lLc deputies both showed up at a domestic disturbance where someone reportedly had a weapon or access to a weapon. Police arrived and saw a man in a vehicle and according to police, “gunfire was exchanged” without explanation how things had escalated from police arrival to a shootout. The man was killed by a deputy of the fond du lac Sheriff’s Office. Officers all wore bodycam. Should video be released, it will be posted in this space.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/10/14/man-killed-sheriffs-department-canine-wounded-in-fond-du-lac/71186941007/

Geoffry Frank Walker had 2 warrants for a previous family violence episode. Bartow County deputies located him and began an aggressive manhunt for the stated reason of these family fights, attacking him with a PIT maneuver and forcing him to crash his vehicle. Walker reportedly “hopped” out of his vehicle and fled according to local media with police unleashing and siccing a K9 after him. Walker allegedly fired a shot at the police K9 and injured him. The police dog was taken to the hospital and survived. Police chased Walker behind a hotel compound and shot and killed him.

Walker was wanted for a domestic matter. Police were unusually aggressive to hunt a man for 2 domestic incidents with the most aggressive police tactice. Police did not seem to care much about his survival when they attacked him with a PIT maneuver for not stopping for them. Police also seemingly mocked him when they described him as “hopping” away from the vehicle but this description suggests that he may have been injured by the aggressive PIT and dog attack. Police did not state how the police dog was injured, whether by bullet by police or by Walker fighting back. It is also unclear why police hunted a man wanted for 2 domestic incidents was attacked with police dogs and a potentially fatal PIT maneuver. It is troublesome that this seeming excessive force using dogs has been used for centuries in Georgia to hunt black men. Domestic violence situations can be much better handled by social worker and psychologist interventionists than manhunts with excessive force leading to death.

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/search-ends-geoffry-walker-k-9-bartow-county-case/85-0712e2d1-f4b0-4dc7-865d-4ed4a3cb5841

Troy PD were called because Woody Smith was seen entering a home where he was considered a trespasser. Police arrived and saw him crawling out of a window. Police fired their taser at him an unknown number of times. Smith showed signs of medical distress when he was placed prone on the ground and handcuffed. An officer administered Narcan on an assumption that this may be a drug overdose. There is no report of medical personnel having been available. Smith worsened and died from unknown causes after the taser and Narcan by police.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/capital-district/id-released-for-man-who-died-in-police-custody-following-troy-arrest/

Woodstock PD tried to pull over Emmanuel Millard for undisclosed reasons. He did not stop and police escalated an aggressive chase, culminating in a PIT maneuver attacking Millard’s vehicle. Predictably, the vehicle crashed. Police stated that while they were arresting Millard, one of the officers shot and killed him. Police did not state why. Police also did not state whether he had been armed or why police felt he had been a threat to them. Bodycam video exists but has not been released. Millard died in the hospital several days after being shot by police.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cherokee-county/man-critical-condition-after-officer-shoots-him-during-traffic-stop-arrest-police-say/WFUWFSBWXBAY3O2JUTEF7N4Q6M/

Christopher Newport University’s police chief was the driver involved in a fatal pedestrian crash in James City County on Friday evening, a university spokesperson confirmed.

The police chief, Daniel F. “Wojo” Woloszynowski, was driving west of Route 60, east of Route 199, at about 7:45 p.m. when he struck a pedestrian.

The pedestrian, Shaine Deeleeoan Henderson, 48, of Williamsburg, was seriously injured and later died at the

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

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

Pulaski detention deputy Ursula Graham did not report to work and her department sent deputies for a welfare check. They found her dead with visible unspecified homicide trauma in her car in front of her apartment. No more information was released so far.

https://www.kark.com/crime/north-little-rock-police-identify-woman-found-dead-in-car-near-apartment/

Two people were shot in Cobb Country and drove off. Police found the person and began chasing him. He committed suicide under police duress. Police did not release the man's identity nor other details.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVjQmw0jL9w

Deputy Deanna Esmaeel was shot and killed by her boyfriend Daniel Walter on 10/13/2023.

https://wildrivers.lostcoastoutpost.com/2023/oct/13/del-norte-sheriffs-deputy-killed-possible-homicide/

The Major Crimes Unit was investigating a double homicide and followed a man to the Barrett Parkway. When officers approached him in an unknown manner, the man committed suicide under police duress.

The Major Crimes Unit was investigating a double homicide and followed a man to the Barrett Parkway. When officers approached him in an unknown manner, the man committed suicide under police duress.

Police responded to a report about a man with a gun. When they arrived, they found an erratic man allegedly waving a gun. Police engaged him in a shootout and shot and killed him.

https://www.cnhinews.com/texas/news/article_f2163b4f-eed9-54f2-a695-ac20965c1969.html

https://www.fox29.com/news/philadelphia-police-identify-officer-suspect-killed-in-shooting-at-phl-more-suspects-at-large

Philadelphia PD arrived at a parking garage to find people tampering with a car. Officers approached and state that one of the men fired shots at them. One officer was shot in the chest and died. A second officer was injured and is stable. The shooter fled but was soon dropped off privately at a hospital with bullet wounds, apparently from police firing back. He is an 18-year-old teenager. The names of the officer and teenager have not yet been released.

https://www.wgem.com/2023/10/13/shooting-philadelphia-international-airport-garage-kills-1-police-officer-wounds-another/
https://www.fox29.com/news/philadelphia-police-identify-officer-suspect-killed-in-shooting-at-phl-more-suspects-at-large

A man allegedly shot 2 people who knew him and fled. Police found him and escalated a chase during which the man committed suicide under police duress.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/3-dead-including-gunman-after-shooting-cobb-county/HTKCUXYSANCCROB2DMHXNERP2Q/

After murdering a woman at a gas station, a man fled. Police escalated a chase that ended on Interstate 80 near Bettendorf, Iowa, where the man committed suicide under police duress.

https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/suspect-in-la-salle-murder-dead-of-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound-in-iowa/article_50db4bd8-69bf-11ee-b8a4-f3af7154130d.html

Dallas PD saw a vehicle they felt may be stolen and escalated a chase. The vehicle did not stop and police claim that when it did stop, they tried to ram a patrol vehicle. The vehicle being chased at high speed crashed into an allegedly uninvolved city marshal's vehicle who per police narrative was coincidentally there and the crash also hit another third party driver in the 10900 block of Elam. The driver of the vehicle that had been chased was ejected in the crash and died. Neither the city marshal nor the other driver were injured.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/driver-trying-to-elude-police-dies-after-being-thrown-from-a-stolen-car-during-a-chase/3359161/

Police in Delaware allegedly “forced” someone off the road who refused to stop. The vehicle had damage to the bumper, suggesting either a PIT maneuver or some other tactical intervention was included in police wording that they “forced” the vehicle off the road. The vehicle is full of bullet holes and the driver was shot and killed by police. The female passenger was also killed by police. Police are investigating themselves and have made no comments thus far what happened. This story will be updated in this space when more information becomes available.

https://www.fox29.com/news/1-dead-in-police-involved-shooting-after-pursuit-in-delaware-county-officials

Routt County deputies tried to serve eviction papers on a man in the 200 block of Eighth Street and police fired gas grenades and percussion munitions into the home. The man committed suicide under police duress after hours of being terrorized.

https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/shelter-in-place-directive-issued/

Middlebury officers were seen speeding and getting out of their vehicles with guns in hand and ordered evacuation of an area. Naugatuck and Waterbury officers arrived in unknown numbers and started a siege upon a residence. The man was later found dead inside during the standoff, allegedly having committed suicide under police duress. The reason for the police arrival, length of time of the siege and details were not disclosed.

https://www.wfsb.com/2023/10/12/area-middlebury-evacuated-amid-standoff/