UTAH Citizens Death During Police Encounters 1/1/2000-----

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2	Benjamin K. Olds	January 9, 2000	UT	The Honda Prelude driven by Olds at about 1 a.m. was violently struck by a Chevrolet pickup truck pursued by local police officers. Olds died of the injuries. The pickup was being chased on suspicion of drunk driving.
3	Steve Green	February 20, 2000	UT	After a seven-minute high-speed chase with four different police jurisdictions, a juvenile suspect recklessly driving a stolen Chevrolet pickup crashed into Green's vehicle, killing him. The suspect was to face murder charges as an adult.
4	Lenny Cornia	March 31, 2000	UT	A domestic disturbance call with Cornia developed into a three-hour police standoff. Cornia, armed with knives, refused to cooperate with police and was ultimately shot to death. Afterwards it was discovered he was manic-depressive and may have taken too much medication.
5	Andrew Johnson	December 7, 2000	UT	As local officers detained Johnson in restraints, he went limp, turned blue, went into a coma, and stopped breathing. His death was later attributed to "acute methamphetamine toxicity."
6	Robert Adam Howard	January 1, 2001	UT	Around 2:30 a.m. on New Year's Day, two officers pulled Howard over for running a red light. While police discovered his outstanding warrants Howard's sister inside the car was trying to get the keys away from him. Howard refused to get out of the vehicle, threw the car into reverse, threatened the officers, and was fatally shot.
7	Edgar Hernandez	May 5, 2001	UT	During questioning about an assault that happened earlier that day, Hernandez got ahold of one of the officer's weapons, shot a round into the floor harmlessly, then pointed the gun at the officer. The other officer shot him once, fatally, in the head.
8	Boyd White	August 2, 2001	UT	White was fatally shot in the chest by an officer responding to a domestic disturbance call. White had two hunting knives that he refused to put down "despite continuous warnings."
9	Karim Contreras Diaz	January 18, 2002	UT	Local police were called out to where Diaz had parked his pickup—he had some tools out, and was acting suspicious. Diaz pulled away only to return to the exact same spot. His encounter with police escalated until he pulled out a small-caliber handgun, wounding one officer in the shoulder. He was killed by police returning fire.
10	Russell Lynn Stewart	January 18, 2002	UT	Stewart dashed out of an apartment during a domestic dispute call and led police on a brief foot chase, in icy conditions. Police described the unarmed Stewart lunging at them, threatening them, causing them to fatally shoot him. In a wrongful death suit his family accused the police of excessive force, wrongful death, and a cover-up.
11	Danny Lee Newman	January 30, 2002	UT	Along with his girlfriend/accomplice Newman was wanted for a string of armed robberies of Subways. The girlfriend was caught without incident at their motel but Newman holed up in the room with a 9mm. When he pointed it at the raiding police he was fatally shot.
12	Kortni Rae Grimm	August 11, 2002	UT	Scott Biswell, with a number of outstanding (relatively minor) warrants and described as a white supremacist by police, was shot to death in a motel room along with his girlfriend, Kortni Rae Grimm. A local SWAT force mounted an attack and shot Biswell nine times. Grimm was fatally struck by one bullet passed through Biswell's body; police said she knew the danger of consorting with him.
13	Scott Biswell	August 11, 2002	UT	Scott Biswell, with a number of outstanding (relatively minor) warrants and described as a white supremacist by police, was shot to death in a motel room along with his girlfriend, Kortni Rae Grimm. A local SWAT force mounted an attack and shot Biswell nine times. Grimm was fatally struck by one bullet passed through Biswell's body; police said she knew the danger of consorting with him.
14	Tony Lee Taylor	January 10, 2003	UT	Taylor had received some kind of mental health treatment around noon but he was still threatening violence. The state DOC's probation and parole office requested help from the city and county. This resulted in a brief confrontation with the mentally ill Taylor striking out with kitchen knives, and the county deputy shooting him once in the stomach. He died days later.
15	Steven Williams	May 11, 2003	UT	Williams is said to have confronted police with a knife in both hands as they encountered him in a domestic dispute call. Neither pepper spray or "water balls" were successful in making him comply. He was fatally shot.
16	Victor Espinoza	July 26, 2003	UT	He just happened to die while he had handcuffs and leg irons on, a local detective said of Espinoza. Restrained after a domestic disturbance call and a fight with police, Espinoza had some kind of medical crisis, vomited, and died in custody before paramedics arrived. His behavior suggested a drug overdose, although whether it actually was a drug overdose was never apparently reported.
17	Natalie Turner	August 8, 2003	UT	Turner was pulled over in a car with her friend and her ex-husband in it, her ex-husband bleeding from gunshot wounds. They'd shot him and were taking him to the hospital. Turner emerged from the car and leveled a weapon at officers, and she was fatally shot.
18	Ernie Martinez	August 8, 2003	UT	Federal BIA officers and county deputies responded to a domestic dispute situation on the reservation. They were met with Martinez who opened fired on them twice. They returned fire, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
19	Russell R. Clark	August 18, 2003	UT	Clark, on parole from California, had fled from a traffic stop in a stolen vehicle earlier in the day. Caught again snooping around cars in a retail parking lot, Clark conducted an armed standoff with police for more than 45 minutes before he was killed in the final firefight. The coroner said his fatal wound was self-inflicted.
20	Juan Ruiz Cortez	November 7, 2003	UT	Cortez was shot multiple times by six officers. He'd announced that he was suicidal, and sat in a vehicle with two handguns. Cortez was killed after exchanging fire to end the standoff.
21	Robert Apodaca	January 4, 2004	UT	Suspect in an armed robbery and car theft, Apodaca ran, hid, and ambushed pursuing officers in a 10 p.m. standoff. He wounded one of the police in the upper thigh. Apodaca died in an exchange of gunfire. Only later did officials determine his fatal wound had been self-inflicted.
22	Jeff Ostler	March 1, 2004	UT	Fifty officers swarmed Ostler's residence after a domestic dispute. Ostler had been drinking and shot (and missed) at his father and his son; he also shot at some of the police as they evacuated nearby houses and established a perimeter. The end of the three-hour afternoon armed standoff came when Ostler emerged and pointed his weapon at police. He was shot to death.
23	Donald Jeffrey Neuman	March 13, 2004	UT	Neuman was wanted for an attempted murder of a police officer earlier in the week. When officers got a report of him at a friend's house, they spotted him pacing outside the house. Within moments Neuman exchanged gunfire with twelve responding officers, who hit him 27 times and continued firing after he'd dropped, dead. Neighbors told reporters "the suspect's naked body was left outside for several hours".
24	Carnell "Roy" Harriell	March 16, 2004	UT	An anonymous call came in about shots fired in Harriell's house. He'd recently lost a job and was going through a divorce. For a moment in the police encounter he appeared cooperative, but then he spun on his heels and aimed a weapon at police. He was fatally shotgunned in the chest.
25	Chad Thompson	April 18, 2004	UT	A member of the Utah National Guard, Thompson was shot and killed by county deputies after he'd threatened them with a shotgun. He'd paid a drunken 2:40 a.m. visit to his estranged wife's house, and was located by police in a neighbor's back yard.
26	Douglas Meldrum	December 18, 2004	UT	Meldrum was tasered while fighting with local police, and lost consciousness and died soon after. He'd been pulled over for erratic and reckless driving. Believed to be the first person in Utah killed by Taser, the police chief opined that Meldrum's death was "unrelated to the use of a Taser by his officers because Meldrum continued to beat officers around the head after the weapon was deployed."
27	Kevin Leslie Jones	December 25, 2004	UT	Jones was killed by local officers on Christmas Day as they responded to a domestic violence call, and he advanced on them with a knife.
28	Bruce Cleveland	February 25, 2005	UT	Cleveland was suspected of robbing a Pleasant Grove bank and eluded police during a car chase. He was later found at his Orem home. Cleveland, who allegedly had a gun in each hand, opened his garage door and hid behind a car. When Officers Robert J. Flygare and Ross Snyder told him to drop the guns, Cleveland allegedly climbed onto the car and fired three shots at officers. They returned fire, striking Cleveland several times.
29	Bounmy Ousa	July 7, 2005	UT	Officers Steven C. Ward and Matt Carman were parked in an unmarked car as part of a stakeout of another home when Ousa approached. Police said the officers opened fire after they saw Ousa brandish what they thought was a weapon but was actually a flashlight. Ousa's family said the officers took the flashlight from their home and planted it on Ousa to justify the shooting. The family also said Ward was on steroids, and Ward later resigned amidst a drug investigation against him. West Valley City settled a lawsuit with Ousa's family for $450,000.
30	James R. Castillo	October 29, 2005	UT	Castillo and his wife had a fight, and his wife left the house with her two children. She said Castillo shoved her and was threatening suicide. Castillo soon called 911 himself and said, “I have a gun and I'm going to hurt [the] first person to come to the door.” He barricaded himself inside, and officers heard what sounded like gunshots in the home. Over the next two hours he called police twice. He then opened the door and yelled, “Come and get me.” Officers told him to come outside, but he ran at police. Officers found exploded firecrackers in the house.
31	Jessica Nelson	December 13, 2005	UT	Philemon Ellis and Jessica Nelson were both killed when their vehicle was struck by a suspect fleeing police in a high-speed chase. The suspect had left a suspected gang house at about 2:30 a.m., was driving erratically, and fled a traffic stop. Legal action dragged into 2012, reached the Utah Supreme Court, and involved the city's attorney raising inflammatory questions about the relationship between Ellis and Nelson.
32	Philemon Ellis	December 13, 2005	UT	Philemon Ellis and Jessica Nelson were both killed when their vehicle was struck by a suspect fleeing police in a high-speed chase. The suspect had left a suspected gang house at about 2:30 a.m., was driving erratically, and fled a traffic stop. Legal action dragged into 2012, reached the Utah Supreme Court, and involved the city's attorney raising inflammatory questions about the relationship between Ellis and Nelson.
33	Tony Shane Francis	February 28, 2006	UT	A deputy noticed Francis was driving an SUV with stolen plates and tried to pull him over. Instead Francis led officers on a 25-mile chase to Indian Canyon, where Francis crashed the truck. He got out, fired a gun at the officers and jumped into a pickup vacated by a retreating deputy. He then crashed that truck. As officers approached, he alleged fired again; they shot him while he was in the truck. Francis had absconded from federal parole in Oregon.
34	Alvin Itula	April 21, 2006	UT	When two uninformed local officers in an anti-gang unit stopped at Itula's house in the evening, he took off running. They caught the unarmed man, physically restrained him on the ground, and tasered him 4 to 5 times. According to his wife, when he complained of not being able to breathe, an officer said, "If you can talk, you can breathe." Contrary to initial reports they had no warrant for his arrest.
35	William Glen Maw	May 27, 2006	UT	A trooper said he pulled Maw over because he and his passenger weren't wearing seatbelts. Sgt. Troy Burnett said he stopped to assist and recognized Maw as a white supremacist with a criminal history. He said he stayed to ensure the trooper's safety as he arrested Maw's passenger on an outstanding warrant. Burnett said he saw Maw move in the car and ordered him to get out for a pat-down. Instead Maw ran away. He allegedly raised his shirt, grabbed a gun and pointed it at Burnett. Burnett fired four times, knocking Maw to the ground. When Maw allegedly kept holding the gun raised, Burnett fired twice more and and Officer Aaron Hawes fired once.
36	Jose Castaneda aka Alex Rivera aka Carlos Caesar Rivera	September 15, 2006	UT	A 911 caller whose home was burglarized the night before said someone in a mask and holding a gun had just knocked on his door and fled when the caller answered. Officer Alma Sweeny saw Rivera walking nearby. Rivera allegedly refused to take his hands out of his pockets and ran away from Sweeney, who chased him. When Sweeney was about 10 feet from Rivera, Rivera allegedly pulled out a gun and fired at Sweeney. Sweeney returned fire, killing Rivera.
37	Jesse Gene Turnbow	December 18, 2006	UT	Officers said they tried to question Turnbow after several callers reported a fight and shots fired. Turnbow, who had been having “distraught” discussions with his girlfriend, was spotted by neighbors walking up the street with a shotgun, which he allegedly fired randomly at least once. Police said Turnbow initiated gunfire and reloaded during a shootout in which he fired eight shots. Officers shot Turnbow 20 times.
38	John Douglas	February 7, 2007	UT	At 12:30 a.m. a local officer was speeding to support other police by laying down spike strips when he struck and killed student Douglas in his vehicle. Criminal charges, involving whether the officer was texting and how much painkiller Tramadol was in his system, was finally resolved with a 12-month probation for the officer. A civil settlement had already been reached.
39	Sulejman Talović	February 12, 2007	UT	Talović was the sole perpetrator of the Trolley Square mall shooting. Without a known motive, he shot and killed five people seemingly at random, and wounded four more, before being shot by an off-duty Ogden officer and members of the Salt Lake City SWAT.
40	Armondo Jerome Sanchez	February 22, 2007	UT	Police saw Sanchez running from one of two businesses that had reported robberies, and chased him behind some houses. Police said Sanchez was holding a gun and dropped it when ordered. But when ordered to lay on the ground, Sanchez allegedly picked up the gun and pointed it at Officer Jeremy Nelson. Nelson shot Sanchez once in the torso; Sanchez died the next day.
41	Luis Mandajano Garcia	March 14, 2007	UT	Undercover officers arranged a drug sale with Garcia, a suspected dealer, and planned to arrest him. They said when they closed in on his car, Garcia pointed a gun at one officer's head. Officer Andy Attridge fired seven times, killing Garcia. Garcia fired one round through the floor of the car.
42	Todd Rory Murray	April 1, 2007	UT	After a high speed chase, the car Murray was riding in crashed. Trooper Dave Swenson told investigators Murray shot at him, he returned fire, then Murray shot himself. The state Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death a suicide.
43	Jesse Cochran	April 28, 2007	UT	Officers said they tried to pull Cochran over on suspicion of drunken driving, but he fled, crashing into another car nearby. Cochran then led police on a foot chase and allegedly stole a Cadillac at knife-point. Police say he struck one officer with the car, causing minor injuries, and slammed into a cruiser when officers fired on him.
44	William Louis Florez	May 31, 2007	UT	The Strike Force, Layton Sgt. Travis Homer, Ogden officer Jacob Sube, was serving a no-knock warrant at Florez's home after undercover officers bought meth and a gun from him. Homer was at the living room window when Florez appeared in the doorway and pointed a gun at Homer. Homer fired and missed; Sube fired twice and killed Florez. The gun was a BB gun replica of a semi-automatic handgun.
45	Steven Lane	June 17, 2007	UT	Lt. Paul Child and another officer went to Lane's Centerville home to investigate a reported assault. Lane wouldn't come outside, so his girlfriend invited officers into their bedroom, where Lane allegedly pointed a rifle at Child. The girlfriend and her daughter corroborated Child's account.
46	Steven Sickler	July 6, 2007	UT	Police said Sickler tried to carjack a man but was fought off; he then ran to a nearby house and took a woman hostage. He allegedly held her at gunpoint until he turned his head to talk to a police negotiator, creating a small space between himself and the hostage; Officer Scott Mourtgos fired an AR-15 assault rifle, striking Sickler in the head.
47	Darren Neal Greuber Sr.	July 14, 2007	UT	Members of the Salt Lake County Gang Unit tried to serve a search warrant on Grueber, surrounding him as he parked at a Taylorsville apartment. Grueber's car struck a a tree and another car while patrol vehicles blocked him in. Officer Jared Nichols approached the passenger side and ordered Grueber to stop the car. He did not. West Jordan Det. Aaron L. Daley, South Jordan and Nichols fired on him.
48	Ricky Christopher Raso	August 18, 2007	UT	According to a heavily-redacted police report, someone called 911 to report Raso was threatening to kill himself, contradicting initial police statements that a caller said Raso had a gun and was threatening passers-by. Police wrote that dispatchers told officers Raso had a gun, but none was seen. At some point, Raso reached into a pocket while charging at Officer Ben Jones, when Jones fired on him. The department declined Tribune requests for the 911 recordings.
49	Christopher Cotton	August 22, 2007	UT	Cotton was asleep in a car parked at a 7-Eleven when Salmon stopped for a drink and saw him. Two hours later, Officer Kevin Salmon saw Cotton still was asleep and employees wanted Cotton to leave because he was taking up a handicapped parking space. Salmon called for assistance and woke up Cotton; Salmon said Cotton acted nervously and had no ID. Cotton was holding a gun, which he allegedly turned toward Salmon. Salmon and Officer Tyler Longman fired multiple shots at Cotton.
50	James Gaylord III	September 23, 2007	UT	Deputies went to Gaylord's mobile home due to reports he was suicidal and armed. Deputies and Moab police said they urged Gaylord to put down his guns and surrender. Instead, he walked out of the mobile home, carrying a rifle and handgun. Chief Deputy Curt Brewer shot him as he approached officers and reached for the handgun.
51	Stephen Atiana aka Oleiratiana	October 10, 2007	UT	Atiana had stabbed two men in Pioneer Park, one fatally, when Officer Jenn Diederich shot Atiana. Police said Atiana threatened Diederich with the knife.
52	Robert Lynn Harris	November 2, 2007	UT	The mother of Harris' girlfriend called marshals because Harris allegedly said he was going to “smash” his girlfriend. Marshals went to the West Valley City dry cleaning shop where the girlfriend worked. Harris and the girlfriend were having a breakup conversation when the marshals arrived, relatives said. Harris, who was wanted for violating federal probation, tried to flee. The marshals said they saw a revolver in Harris' hand and shot him. The girlfriend said he was not armed and marshals didn't order him to freeze before shooting him.
53	Patrick Gavin Rees	December 22, 2007	UT	Officers went to Rees' home because a bail bondsman was revoking his bail, and Rees was wanted on domestic violence allegations. Rees' wife let police inside, where they found Rees hiding in the attic. Rees allegedly jumped out from under insulation, pointing a gun at Lt. William O'Neil. The officers fired on Rees, killing him.
54	Ross Sullivan	January 21, 2008	UT	Police were called to Sullivan's apartment after neighbors said he was banging an outdoor railing with a sword and had thrown a TV, a Christmas tree and a toy Santa Claus into the courtyard from a fourth-floor balcony. During the a standoff, Sullivan allegedly pushed a sword through his apartment door and fled as officers unsuccessfully tried to fire a Taser at him. Sullivan then returned to his apartment, and officers said they followed him inside. There he allegedly struck one officer with the sword, cutting his jacket and causing a "blunt force injury," police said. When Sullivan allegedly began to swing the sword at Officer Jason Rasmussen. Rasmussen shot and killed him.
55	Ron Larsen	January 23, 2008	UT	A woman ran into a nearby office saying she needed to call 911 to report a domestic dispute involving one of her friends. An office receptionist saw Larsen outside his house across the street, “ranting and raving” at a woman sitting in the yard. Police arrived at Larsen's home, where Larsen allegedly fired a gun at Hermansen. Officers Chase Hermansen and Stephen Bernards returned fire, killing Larsen.
56	Jose Enrique Gelpi	March 20, 2008	UT	Gelpi was in his car when undercover officers tried to arrest him near Trolley Square in Salt Lake City. Det. Miguel Miranda was undercover when Gelpi, a suspected drug runner, allegedly tried to flee in his SUV, striking a sergeant who was on foot and causing minor injuries to his leg. Miranda shot him to death.
57	Douglas Edward Cottrell	May 18, 2008	UT	Cottrell not only drove his car through Parley's Canyon recklessly to the point of seeming suicidal, he drove across the interstate median to navigate through it twice more, at high speeds and without regard to the police chasing him. His 30-minute ride ended when he fatally crashed into the back of a tanker truck carrying ethanol.
58	Kelly Wark	June 23, 2008	UT	Wark, who had a history of mental illness, had moved from Washington state to Provo to attend massage therapy school. Capt. Harold Terry stopped Wark's car because a witness said she might be driving under the influence. Police said Wark and Terry spoke briefly when some kind of struggle broke out between them. Terry was shot twice in the head; two other officers shot and killed Wark as she got out of the car.
59	Thanh Minh Tran	July 1, 2008	UT	Tran allegedly held up a jewelry store at gunpoint when the store owner's son called police. Tran tried to leave the store with a case of jewelry, but when police arrived he forced the owner to leave with him. She broke free and ran toward the parking lot. Tran turned toward the officers and fired one round. Officers fired back, hitting Tran in the torso.
60	Gregory Martin Lamb	August 12, 2008	UT	Lamb's father called 911 to report that Lamb was “totally intoxicated” and “threatening our lives.” After police arrived at his Hyde Park home, Lamb allegedly fired several shots out the window. After phone negotiations failed, Lamb came outside with two pistols and allegedly began to point one of the guns toward officers, six of whom fired on Lamb.
61	Richard Jackson	August 31, 2008	UT	Jackson's 16-year-old daughter called dispatchers to report Jackson was choking her mother. Officers said they arrived to find Jackson had dragged his wife down the street, screaming while holding a knife to her neck. Longman shot Jackson once in the head after Jackson allegedly would not comply with officers' orders to release her. Jackson also allegedly began counting down from the number 10 to indicate when he would kill her.
62	Brian Wood	September 22, 2008	UT	Wood, a part-time firefighter, called 911 and falsely claimed that he beat and raped his wife. Wood got in a pickup outside his Farmington home with two pistols, firing one after officers arrived at the home. After two hours, officers used tear gas to force Wood out of the car, where he waited for several more hours. Officers used foam batons, pepper balls, flash-bangs and Tasers to get him to drop the gun. Dep. Joshua Boucher shot Wood when he allegedly pointed the gun at officers.
63	Marcus Agrillo	October 17, 2008	UT	Agrillo and two others allegedly carjacked a vehicle before they were cornered by police in West Valley City. Two of the suspects surrendered, but Agrillo refused to get out of the car and told police he had a gun, prosecutors said. Agrillo allegedly pointed what appeared to be a gun at officers, who shot at him. Prosecutors and police did not release whether the item in Agrillo's hand actually was a gun.
64	Hussein Al-Rekabi	January 24, 2009	UT	Al-Rekabi opened fire on a downtown night club while angry relatives allegedly shouted death threats at officers. Al-Rekabi ignored an officer's command to stop, so police shot him to death. Investigators say his younger brother and other members of the Iraqi Mafia gang plotted to kidnap, torture and kill a Salt Lake City officer.
65	Jeffrey Cramer	February 26, 2009	UT	Cramer called a police dispatcher and said he wanted to hurt someone. He previously had pointed a gun at his wife, not realizing who she was, investigators said. Officers went to his house and ordered him eight times to come outside with his hands empty, prosecutors said. Instead, he allegedly went outside and pointed his gun at a police sergeant. Police said Cramer fired once at police during the encounter. Sgt. Jason Hinojosa and Officer Anthony Yuen fired on Cramer, killing him.
66	Michael John Taylor	February 27, 2009	UT	Taylor, recently charged with aggravated sex abuse of a child, tried to goad police into killing him during a 90-minute stand-off, investigators said. Officers had been on the phone with him while he hid in the barn at his West Haven house, trying to convince him not to kill himself. He allegedly approached officers, holding a gun. Officers had been told by a commander to use non-lethal force and fired bean-bag rounds at Taylor. But Deputy Curtis Ricks, who said he didn't know about that order, decided Taylor was too close to another officer and fired on him.
67	Damon Lee Weems	April 11, 2009	UT	During a family dispute, Weems allegedly threatened his mother with a knife to get a shotgun she was trying to hide from him. Weems struggled with his mother over the gun, firing it into wall and nearly hitting his 10-year-old son, prosecutors said. Weems then barricaded himself in a bedroom and fired his gun twice as officers tried to get his mother and son out of the apartment. He allegedly came out, carrying gun in "an aggressive 'ready' position," prosecutors wrote. Sgt. Mike Elliott and Officer Brian Seward fired, both striking him. Weems fired, narrowly missing Elliott.
68	Michael Batchelor	April 19, 2009	UT	Batchelor reportedly was despondent about money and family problems when he sent a text message to his wife, stating “I love you and goodbye.” Relatives went to his Santaquin home, where they heard a gunshot and called police. Batchelor yelled at the responding SWAT team to leave. After an hour or so, he allegedly went to an open front door and pointed a shotgun at police, who shot him. Officers said they ordered him several times to put down the gun.
69	Derek Jasper	April 22, 2009	UT	A 17-year-old burglary suspect driving a Cadillac chased by police ran full-speed into a Mitsubishi Lancer, killing both occupants: Derek Jasper and Blake Strebel. The 17-year-old was charged with two counts of auto homicide.
70	Blake Strebel	April 22, 2009	UT	A 17-year-old burglary suspect driving a Cadillac chased by police ran full-speed into a Mitsubishi Lancer, killing both occupants: Derek Jasper and Blake Strebel. The 17-year-old was charged with two counts of auto homicide.
71	Wade Russell Pennington	May 28, 2009	UT	Officer Jared Nichols shot Pennington twice after he led police on a chase. Nichols and another officer trapped Pennington's SUV in a cul-de-sac; Pennington kept revving his engine and trying to flee, police said. Pennington's parents sued the department for $1 million, but the lawsuit was dismissed at the stipulation of both parties. Nichols was found justified in the shooting. The other officer who trapped Pennington in the cul-de-sac was fired for failing to activate his emergency lights during the car chase.
72	George Huntzinger	June 24, 2009	UT	Huntzinger, a former social service worker and veteran, fired a shotgun from his Millcreek apartment balcony. After 40 minutes of failed negotiations with a SWAT team, an officer shot Huntzinger. Huntzinger had fired eight rounds when he died. Investigators found ammunition stashed at each window of the apartment. His shots appeared to be indiscriminate; family said his marksmanship was excellent, and he would have shot officers if that was his intention.
73	Christopher Joseph Tucker	August 6, 2009	UT	Officer Louis Abner Jones shot Tucker after Tucker allegedly led authorities on a low-speed chase on Interstate 80, which ended when a trooper executed a PIT maneuver, stopping Tucker's pickup truck near Saltair. Investigators say Tucker rammed a trooper's car and threw the car into reverse, turning his wheels toward an officer, when Jones shot him. Tucker's family sued police, saying that Jones' dash cam video showed he did not activate his lights or sirens to stop Tucker, who was suffering from medical problems and may have been in diabetic shock. The family said the case settled for $100,000.
74	Craig Steiner	October 9, 2009	UT	A friend of Steiner's wife called 911 to report Steiner said he had killed his wife, but then the friend received a text message from the wife's phone, stating she was not dead. Officers found Steiner's wife and daughter standing in their driveway; the wife said Steiner claimed to have killed her “so that the police would come over and shoot him,” noting that he was dealing with medical issues. Officers said Steiner came out of the house holding what appeared to be a rifle and pointed it at them when Officer William J. Sweetwood shot him. The gun was actually a pellet gun; Steiner's wife said she told the officers that Steiner's gun wasn't real.
75	Todd B. Hainsworth	November 3, 2009	UT	Hainsworth called 911, told dispatchers he had taken 60 Clonazepam pills to kill himself and fired three gunshots. Deputies in an airplane spotted his pickup 3 miles from Utah Lake's Lincoln Beach; officers soon showed up in an armored van and patrol cars. He refused to show his hands and drove his truck away. Near the beach, he drove over a spike strip and a fence, continuing toward the beach and refusing to show his hands. He got out and allegedly pointed a handgun at the armored van; Detective Zachary Adams and Dep. Corey King shot Hainsworth from the van.
76	Tevita Talano Fisiitalia	January 1, 2010	UT	Police chased Fisiitalia and three others from the scene of a botched home burglary in Midvale. When Koda, a police dog, cornered Fisiitalia, he shot the dog to death. As police continued to chase him, he allegedly pointed a gun at officers, who opened fire. A round fired by Midvale officer Brian Todd struck Fisiitalia in the head, killing him.
77	Travis Paul Johnson	January 27, 2010	UT	Officer Alton Jue and another officer, both in plainclothes, approached Johnson after he allegedly bought heroin in a Burger King parking lot. Police said Johnson backed up the car after they identified themselves as officers. When Jue's partner put his hands on the car hood to stop him, he allegedly accelerated, running over the officer's foot and knocking him down. Jue fired on Johnson, who died at a hospital.
78	Gary M. Wheeler	February 17, 2010	UT	Wheeler, driving a stolen pickup, allegedly rammed Officer T.J. Bird's cruiser after Bird cut him off. When Wheeler reversed the truck to continue, Bird got out of his cruiser and approached the truck with his gun drawn. Bird got into the passenger side while the tires were spinning on ice and ordered Wheeler out of the truck. Wheeler complied initially, but as Bird began to walk around the front of the truck, Wheeler jumped back in and hit the accelerator. Bird fired through the windshield from the side of the truck and again through the open passenger door, killing Wheeler.
79	Karen Gummow	March 10, 2010	UT	A state trooper speeding to an accident scene violently collided with another car carrying two elderly sisters, Ila Jean Moore and Karen Gummow. Both of the sisters were killed.
80	Ila Jean Moore	March 10, 2010	UT	A state trooper speeding to an accident scene violently collided with another car carrying two elderly sisters, Ila Jean Moore and Karen Gummow. Both of the sisters were killed.
81	Favian Martinez	May 1, 2010	UT	Martinez was fighting with a woman when a witness tried to intervene, investigators said. Martinez allegedly pointed a gun at the witness who called 911. Officers Bradley Shupe and Kory Olsen found him at an apartment building. They told him to put his hands up, but he allegedly pointed a gun at one of the officers, who opened fire.
82	Ronald Ethington	May 8, 2010	UT	Ethington allegedly tried to steal beer from a grocery store. Employees tried to subdue and restrain him in a break room, but when police arrived, Ethington and two other men were fighting for control of a handgun. They fired a Taser at him, but instead struck a store employee, who lunged at Ethington and became tangled in the leads and wires. Officers told Ethington to drop the gun, but he allegedly pointed the gun at officers. Chambers alternated gunfire and commands, but Ethington kept pointing the gun. He died after being shot seven times.
83	Brian Cardall	June 9, 2010	UT	Local police were fully aware that manic depressive PhD candidate Cardall had emotional issues as they responded to his directing traffic, shouting nonsense, naked. Officers tasered him to death 42 seconds after arrival, then detained and interrogated his wife. In January 2013 the family settled a wrongful death suit against the city for $2M.
84	William Oakden	July 9, 2010	UT	Oakden slit his wrists and got help from a neighbor, who called 911. Officers arrived to find Oakden with his neighbor on the porch. When Oakden was ordered to raise his hands, his shirt rose with his hands, revealing a gun tucked in his pants. He allegedly dropped his hands, pulled out the gun—an airsoft toy gun—and pointed it at officers. The airsoft gun fired, and officers fired on Oakden, who was struck 16 times.
85	Brandon Barrett	August 27, 2010	UT	Shot after shooting at police and injuring one officer in the leg. Police were responding to report of man armed with a rifle pacing on a busy street.
86	Todd E. Blair	September 16, 2010	UT	Officers broke into the house on a drug raid. Blair came out with a golf club. He was shot twice in the chest.
87	Paulo Berumen	November 5, 2010	UT	After a domestic dispute, Berumen tried to cut his neck with a butcher knife. After officers fired Tasers unsuccessfully, Beruman threw the knife at officers, who shot him. One officer was struck by the knife but not wounded.
88	Brandon Eric Chief	December 17, 2010	UT	Chief had hit his teenage niece during a fight and was throwing furniture and other items around the house when the niece called 911. Police arrived and went inside to find Chief in a hallway. Chief first walked away but then he turned around and brandished a paring knife, officers said, prompting Officer Levi Lloyd to shoot four times and another officer to deploy a Taser. However, Chief's family says their private investigation shows Chief was shot first in the back, then in the front.
89	Daniel Pogue	December 25, 2010	UT	Pogue was reported to be acting erratically outside the Oquirrh Mountain LDS Temple on Christmas Day. Investigators said officers told him to drop to the ground. Instead, he allegedly picked up a shotgun and started running at a group of three people. Officer Matthew Pennington fired once, striking Pogue in the torso. Investigators said he also was carrying a machete and had a cache of other guns in his car.
90	Cody Allen White	January 4, 2011	UT	White, in a stolen pickup, led police in a chase until he crashed in field in Hooper. He allegedly ran from officers and then pointed a gun at them. Diatolla fired the fatal shot; investigators did not say which of the other officers' gunfire struck White, but prosecutors cleared all involved officers of wrongdoing.
91	Brent Marlin Imes	February 10, 2011	UT	A police sergeant spotted Imes pulling a suitcase and animal carrier through some parking lots and said he looked suspicious because of recent thefts in the area. Officer Bryan Hough confronted Imes, who refused to identify himself. Imes initially complied with Hough's orders to remove his hand from his pocket, but then he put his hand back in, swung around and fired a gun twice from inside the pocket. Hough returned fire, killing Imes. The items Imes was carrying were stolen in the recent thefts.
92	Steven Leonard	April 1, 2011	UT	Officer Devin Stutz was chasing Leonard after a bank robbery and carjacking and ordered him to stop. As he ran toward a playground full of children, Leonard reached at his waistband for what Stutz thought was a gun. Stutz fired on Leonard, who actually was reaching for a wad of cash. The carjacking victim had said Leonard had a gun.
93	Sean Krummi	April 11, 2011	UT	Krummi's mother called police during a fight and said her son was out of control after he said he wanted to be “removed” from her life. Krummi went outside and sat in a chair on the lawn. Investigators said Black approached Krummi and asked how is day was going. Krummi allegedly pulled something from his pocket, no clarification on what specifically was pulled from his pocket. 3 officers walked up on Krummi 2 fired shots 1 officer did not. Coincidentally; there was a air soft pistol found on the premises and a cell phone, several hours after fatally shooting Krummi, WVPD reported.
94	Jesus Merino	June 24, 2011	UT	Police said Merino fled from officers after he allegedly robbed a Taylorsville gas station. Investigators said he tried to ram an officer with his car and fired a gun at police. Merino hit a spike strip and ran from his car. Dietrich drove his car at Merino, striking him, but Merino still had the gun. He fired on officers, wounding two of them. Two West Valley City officers were wounded by gunfire. Lloyd, Fife and Marble all shot at Merino, killing him.
95	Jeffrey J. Sorensen	July 29, 2011	UT	Officer Cory Madsen pulled Sorensen over on suspicion of drunk driving. Sorensen allegedly struggled when Madsen tried to cuff him. Sorensen allegedly hit Madsen in the head, knocking him to the ground. Madsen shot Sorensen once, killing him.
96	Josue Ismael Ramirez-Perez	August 5, 2011	UT	Trooper Aaron Colvin tried to pull Ramirez-Perez over when a high-speed chase began. Colvin forced Ramirez-Perez into an I-215 off-ramp wall in Salt Lake City when a shootout began. Ramirez-Perez fired twice, but missed Colvin.
97	Carl Hinshaw	September 27, 2011	UT	Hinshaw, suspected in a robbery, was staying with his wife and daughter at a hotel. When police entered the room, Hinshaw allegedly jumped out with what officers reportedly thought was a gun; it was actually a folding knife.
98	Kent Ashworth	December 29, 2011	UT	Ashworth took his son's handgun and parked outside a maintenance shop for city-owned vehicles, where police were doing a training exercise. Police said Ashworth approached Averett with a gun and refused to drop it. He said the gun wasn't fake and allegedly fired it at a business complex across the street. Other officers arrived and fired on Ashworth as he allegedly began to raise the gun again.
99	Sean Morrison	March 18, 2012	UT	Morrison's mother called police after the teen raided his parents' gun collection. He went outside wearing a bullet-proof vest, a trench coat and a ski mask. He shot at Todd and Madsen, who returned fire, killing him. Morrison's family said he suffered from mental illness.
100	Allen Keith Nelson	June 9, 2012	UT	On the basis of a witness account, Nelson's family was certain that officers used a Taser on him before he had a medical emergency and died while being arrested. The police were equally sure that Tasers were not used. Nelson had been released from jail only the previous day, and was detained on suspicion of breaking and entering.