February 2018
Date Name (age) of the deceasedState (city)Description2018-02-28 Oscar Leal (37) California (Vista) Police restrained Leal during a detention. He was found unresponsive at his arrival to jail and transported to hospital, where he died. A medical examiner ruled his death a homicide by restraint compounded by methamphetamine use.2018-02-28 Qawi A. Muhammad (48) Florida (Orlando) Muhammed showed up armed at a restaurant seeking an ex-girlfriend who had a restraining order on him. Police responded to 911 calls, and as Muhammed came out of the restaurant, he refused their orders to drop the weapon.2018-02-27 Curtis Bradley Ware (33) Idaho (Coeur d'Alene) Police made a traffic stop on Ware, then discovered there was a warrant for his arrest. When they tried to arrest him, Ware pulled a gun and began firing; the officers returned fire.2018-02-27 Dustin James Case (20) South Carolina (Chester) Police responding to a report of a stolen vehicle, found Case driving and pursued him. Case crashed the car. As officers approached him, they saw him brandishing a gun and shot him.2018-02-27 Marlon Smith (29) Texas (Dallas) Smith was the suspect in the shooting death of his former boss. When police found him later that day, Smith got out of his car bearing a gun and exchanged fire with the police.2018-02-26 William Watson (40) Missouri (St. Louis) U.S. marshal serving a warrant in Glasgow Village was shot by a suspect inside a residence. Other marshals responding to the scene had a gunbattle with Watson, who was eventually found dead inside.2018-02-25 Steven Juarez (42) California (Gilroy) Juarez was discovered by Gilroy police who refused to surrender and chased by officers who used less-than-lethal options including a Taser, physical force and a carotid restraint in their efforts to take the man into custody and subsequently declared dead at the hospital.2018-02-25 Santos Eris Nunez-Garcia California (Los Angeles) Police responding to a burglary alarm were confronted by an armed man and shot him. (He had cut a hole in the roof of a marijuana dispensary.2018-02-25 Douglas Oneyear (36) Wyoming (Casper) A convenience store clerk called police, reporting a man had come in, threatened her with a sword, and left again. A few minutes later, police found the man a couple blocks away and shot him.2018-02-26 Orbel Nazarians (22) California (Los Angeles) Nazarians called 911 reporting that he had a handgun and a knife and was suicidal. Police responding knew that he had been in psychiatric facilities recently. Nazarians came out of the house armed with an “edged weapon”; after trying to subdue him with a bean-bag gun and a Taser, they shot him.2018-02-26 Ethan Straub (25) Kansas (Wamego) Officers were responding to a report of an armed carjacking and found Straub riding a bicycle while holding a gun, then trying to steal another car. Straub and officers exchanged fire.2018-02-26 Joshua Kinnard (37) Arizona (Gilbert) Police were called to a home where Kinnard was acting erratically. After trying to calm him for a time, they went out into the yard to talk with another resident. Kinnard then came out of the house with a gun.2018-02-26 Aaron Clifford Fike (27) Ohio (Tiro) A police officer noticed Fike walking along a road carrying a shotgun. When he stopped to talk to Fike, Fike shot at his car and ran off. Police saw him again a short while later, told him to stop, but Fike ran into his home. When he came back outside and pointed the gun at officers, they shot him.2018-02-25 Haydon Taylor (25) Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) Police were called to a hotel that reported a homeless man panhandling in their halls. When they arrived, Taylor brandished a knife at them; when he did not obey their orders to drop it, they shot him.2018-02-23 Douglas Kemp (58) Indiana (Evansville) Police pulled Kemp over for speeding, and saw a gun in his car. When they told him to get out, Kemp reached for the gun, and the police shot him.2018-02-23 Mario Dantoni Bass (37) Virginia (Woodbridge) A U.S. marshals task force tried to arrest Bass on multiple felony charges, at a local hotel. Bass jumped out of a window, and confronted more officers who were outside. A physical struggle ensued with an ICE agent shooting Bass in the upper body. He eventually died in hospital.2018-02-22 Jacob Uptain (27) Arizona (Phoenix) A local resident called police to report a man inspecting several homes before entering a vacant home from the backyard. Police found Uptain out front of the house, with a gun and knife visible in his pants; when they challenged him, he raised his shirt to display a second gun. Police ordered Uptain to stand still with his hands up, but he reached for his waist and they shot him. They found more weapons inside the vacant house, which the owner did not know about.2018-02-22 Joshua D. Babb (26) Tennessee (Church Hill) Police responded to a domestic violence call involving gunshots. On arrival, they saw Babb through a screen door, apparently bearing a gun. Babb came out of the house and argued with officers, refusing their commands; when he threatened officers with the gun, they shot him.2018-02-21 Darion Baker (22) Texas (Stratford) A Stratford police officer noticed a stolen vehicle going by and pulled it over. As he approached, it appears that Baker (driving the car) began to drive away; the officer felt he was being attacked with the car and shot into the car, killing Baker.2018-02-21 Lee Edward Bonner (37) Mississippi (Jackson) Police investigating possible drug activity encountered two suspects, who ran away. One -- Bonnor -- turned and fired a handgun at them, and the police returned fire. There are some claims that the officer knew Bonner and that influenced his actions, and also that the officer continued to shoot Bonner after he was down.2018-02-21 Edward Hallinan (39) Arizona (Phoenix) Hallinan's wife called 911 to report that he had pointed a gun at her during an argument. When police arrived, Hallinan began to leave in a truck, but then stopped and began shooting at them; an officer fired and killed him. Police then found three bodies in a nearby yard who they believe were killed by Hallinan.2018-02-21 Michael Andrew Schieffer (27) North Dakota (Stutsman County) Schieffer was driving with a warrant for his arrest and a suspended license, when police tried to pull him over. During a twenty-mile chase, Schieffer shot at officers; when he stopped, he got out of his car bearing a handgun and still shooting. Police then returned fire.2018-02-21 Unidentified Alabama (Montgomery) Police were responding to a report of a gunshot victim when they encountered a "fleeing, armed suspect".As they pursued him, they exchanged fire with the suspect, killing him and wounding an officer.2018-02-21 Glenn Tyndell (37) Maryland (Fort Washington) Tyndell's ex-wife when to a neighbor, an off-duty police officer, to get help when Tyndell threatened her. Tyndell killed the neighbor and left. When police found and chased him, Tyndell got out of his car and shot at them, and was killed.2018-02-19 Unidentified (45) Texas (Denton) Two officers sitting in a patrol car were approached by a man and threatened. When they got out, the man drew a knife; he moved away into some woods but then came toward them again, still with the knife. The officers used a Taser on him and, when he did not stop, shot him.2018-02-19 Thomas Vincent Alvarez (23) Texas (Austin) After an argument among roommates, some of the parties left their home and Alvarez followed them in a taxi. Police stopped the cab and the cab driver got out; but Alvarez got into the driver seat and drove away. As police chased him, they could see he held a gun to his own head at times, and he tried to ram the cab through an apartment gate. When the chase ended, Alvarez stayed in the cab; because he was waving the gun at them, police shot him.2018-02-19 Unidentified Washington (Seattle) After receiving reports of a car prowler, the suspect jumped from a car and fled on foot. He turned and fired at officers as he ran. Police returned fire but did not hit him. The suspect then stole a vehicle at gunpoint, and crashed it a few blocks away. Police opened fire on the suspect, killing him.2018-02-18 Ernest Manuel Montelongo (33) Texas (Guadalupe County) Description to come2018-02-17 Unidentified Oklahoma (Catoosa) Description to come2018-02-17 Nathaniel Montoya (23) New Mexico (Las Cruces) Nathaniel Montoya was wanted for questioning following a murder. Police spotted a van matching the description of Montoya's, and made a traffic stop. Montoya fled, and a high-speed chase began. The van, driven by Montoya, struck a parked vehicle in a convenience store parking lot, ending the chase, police said. At least one officer fired several rounds, killing Montoya.2018-02-17 Ryan Batchelder (28) Florida (Hernando) Police were told Ryan Batchelder threatened to shoot someone in Xstream Games 3. Deputies found Batchelder in his car and pursued his vehicle but ended the chase at FL-200 due to high speeds and heavy traffic. A short time later, he was spotted on southbound U.S. 41. Deputies said Batchelder pointed his gun at them, and they attempted to stop him. Batchelder crashed his car into a sheriff's vehicle and caused the cruiser to hit three other parked cars. Deputies shot and killed Batchelder in his vehicle.2018-02-17 Unidentified West Virginia (Inwood) Deputies responded to the Coco Loco nightclub after a report came in at 2:35 a.m. of multiple altercations inside and outside the establishment, police said. When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered a man shooting a gun in the club parking lot as patrons were leaving the building. The man was then fatally shot by deputies.2018-02-16 Odrey Paul Reed (39) West Virginia (Sissonville) U.S. marshals went to arrest Reed, who had escaped from a halfway house. How they came to shoot him has not been reported.2018-02-16 Tim Berger (59) Florida (Cocoa Beach) Police were called to the Royal Colonial Condos around 10:30 p.m. when a woman reported that her husband, Tim Berger, was intoxicated and fired a gun inside their home. Several officers responded to the home and were allegedly threatened when they tried to make contact with Berger, and officers James Scheiner and Taylor Payne shot and killed him.2018-02-15 Wesley Taylor (58) North Carolina (Henderson) At 9:15 p.m., an officer was serving a narcotics search warrant on Skenes Avenue. Wesley Taylor exchanged gunfire with the officer. The officer was wounded, and Taylor was killed.2018-02-15 Unidentified Utah (Montezuma Creek) A deputy pulled over a light-colored passenger car east of Sand Canyon for broken brake lights and no visible registration. The vehicle had three occupants. About 1 p.m., the deputy approached the vehicle, and the driver made a U-turn and fled west. While in pursuit, the deputy allegedly was fired upon by someone in the vehicle. The pursuit continued for more than 10 miles and ended just over the Utah border after the vehicle lost a tire and was driving on its rim. The driver parked the car broadside in the lane, and the driver came out with his hands up, then the car rolled into the ditch, sparking a brush fire. Another occupant of the vehicle shot at the deputy, who shot and killed him.2018-02-15 Arthur Joseph Gonzales (57) Arizona (Mesa) Officers responded to reports of a person with a gun. Officers found Arthur Joseph Gonzales waving a handgun and rifle as he made "incoherent statements" at a home. After a SWAT team arrived to help secure the area, a shooting took place in front of the house. He said the man ran inside, then was seen in back of the house with a gun, and a second shooting then took place. Police took the man into custody with a gunshot wound to the arm. Gonzales died days later.2018-02-14 Donald Fulton (41) Alabama (Mobile) Police responded to a domestic violence call. Donald Fulton allegedly forced his family out of his home at gunpoint before