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Name withheld by policeJanuary 7, 2000OHAn unidentified Lucasville man killed himself with a gunshot to the head as a Scioto County deputy sheriff arrived to investigate a possible domestic problem.
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Shawn David StreeterJanuary 26, 2000OHPolice had trailed Streeter, a suspect in a string of bar robberies, to the bar. Officers watched him put on a ski mask, pull out a gun and enter the bar, police said. Witnesses in the bar said Streeter fired a shot, ordered the 10 patrons and the bartender to the floor, then robbed them. Streeter ran out of the bar with a bag of money in one hand and the gun in the other. When ordered to stop and drop the gun, he fired at an undercover officer. Officers Robert Coffman and Richard Ey fired back, killing Streeter.
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George WoodardFebruary 9, 2000OHSgt. Richard Moreno shot and killed a drunken man who attacked him with a knife after he spotted the man urinating near a utility pole.
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Queen AlahzarMarch 13, 2000OHKim Coates was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, fleeing police, drunken driving and three other charges for the wreck that killed Alahzar..
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Alfred Lamont PopeMarch 14, 2000OHPope and another man robbed and pistol-whipped three people in the hallway of an apartment building. Shots were heard. Police arrived and chased Pope, who pulled out a 9mm handgun after a struggle. He pointed the gun at himself and then at the officers. The officers opened fire. Kenneth J. Grubbs shot three times; Daniel Carder, seven; and Jason K. Lamb, 16. Pope was killed.
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Levi RidenourMarch 25, 2000OHRidenour was shot and killed after shooting a neighbor and then exchanging shots with police. A police dog was also killed
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Jamie MarapaoMarch 26, 2000OHRobert Damon Cash told police he stopped at three bars before the crash. His pickup truck was speeding at an estimated 70 mph on 11th Street SE when it went through a red right at Cherry Avenue and smashed into a Chrysler New Yorker killing Teri Backie, Jamie Marapao, and Jasmine R. Backie.
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Teri BackieMarch 26, 2000OHRobert Damon Cash told police he stopped at three bars before the crash. His pickup truck was speeding at an estimated 70 mph on 11th Street SE when it went through a red right at Cherry Avenue and smashed into a Chrysler New Yorker killing Teri Backie, Jamie Marapao, and Jasmine R. Backie.
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Jasmine R. BackieMarch 26, 2000OHRobert Damon Cash told police he stopped at three bars before the crash. His pickup truck was speeding at an estimated 70 mph on 11th Street SE when it went through a red right at Cherry Avenue and smashed into a Chrysler New Yorker killing Teri Backie, Jamie Marapao, and Jasmine R. Backie.
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Wesley HierroApril 3, 2000OHWesley Hierro led police from three cities on a 10-mile chase south from Hudson on state Route 91. He was killed when the car he was driving crashed and burst into flames in the middle of Tallmadge Circle.
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Timothy W. LucasApril 18, 2000OHLucas attacked Deputy Robert Viner with a pipe after a traffic stop for mismatched tags.
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Melvin Ray BerryMay 8, 2000OHBerry lunged at police with a three-foot sword when he was shot and killed.
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Jason HarperJune 21, 2000OHHarper opened fire on police after a traffic stop. He was shot and killed.
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Terry WyersJune 28, 2000OHPolice came because Wyers was threatening a neighbor. After a foot chase during which he fired on officers, he was shot and killed.
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Alexander EllesinJuly 7, 2000OHCanton was fleeing police when he slammed into a minivan and killed two young brothers, then was killed in a gunfight between police and a suspected accomplice. The wreck flipped the minivan and pushed it out of an intersection, killing Nicholas Ellesin, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, Alexander.
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Nicholas EllesinJuly 7, 2000OHCanton was fleeing police when he slammed into a minivan and killed two young brothers, then was killed in a gunfight between police and a suspected accomplice. The wreck flipped the minivan and pushed it out of an intersection, killing Nicholas Ellesin, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, Alexander.
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William G. "Billy" CatonJuly 7, 2000OHCanton was fleeing police when he slammed into a minivan and killed two young brothers, then was killed in a gunfight between police and a suspected accomplice. The wreck flipped the minivan and pushed it out of an intersection, killing Nicholas Ellesin, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, Alexander.
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Larry A. StewartJuly 26, 2000OHMark Brandon Twigg and others were joy-riding from Summit County into Stark County when a Uniontown police officer saw the truck had no tail lights and tried to stop it. The officer lost sight of the truck as it went over a hill at a high rate of speed. Police say there was never a chase. Twigg crashed the truck into a tree, killing Stewart.
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Damian MalloryAugust 14, 2000OHDamian Mallory set his house on fire, climbed on the roof and held police at bay for two hours with his 4-month-old daughter, Dia, in his arms before they fell to the ground. Damian died, and the baby was critically hurt.
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Mike HildebrandtAugust 23, 2000OHAfter a several hour standoff at a homeless shelter, police broke the door down when Hildebrandt lit his mattress on fire. He was armed with two knives when he was shot and killed.
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Michael YoungAugust 25, 2000OHPolice had sought Young after receiving a teletype from Sharon Township police in Franklin County to be on the alert for an armed motorist who had threatened passers-by at a gas station on Rt. 23 near the Delaware and Franklin County line. Young shot himself in the head with a 9 mm handgun as Delaware County deputies were trying to talk to him.
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Tracy TravisAugust 27, 2000OHTracy Travis killed her boyfriend, Michael T. Fain, during a domestic dispute. She used a police officer's gun she might have snatched out of his holster while he was trying to restrain the man, police said. Travis was then shot and died on Dec. 20, 2000..
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Michael T. FainAugust 27, 2000OHTracy Travis killed her boyfriend, Michael T. Fain, during a domestic dispute. She used a police officer's gun she might have snatched out of his holster while he was trying to restrain the man, police said. Travis was then shot and died on Dec. 20, 2000..
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Courtney MathisSeptember 1, 2000OHMathis stole a car and when an officer tried to question him, drove off with the officer hanging on. Mathis was shot once in the chest as he dragged Cincinnati Police Officer Kevin Crayon down Colerain Avenue. The officer died from a head injury after he was thrown to the pavement.
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Randy HennebergerOctober 8, 2000OHAfter a vehicle and foot chase, Henneberger disarmed an officer and was shot and killed by other police.
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Michael CandelaOctober 17, 2000OHPolice were attempting to arrest Candela for threatening his former probation officer. After a standoff, he shot and killed himself.
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Marsean ScottOctober 18, 2000OHOfficers responded to reports of several shots being fired in the area of East 153rd Street and Sunview Avenue, where they were confronted by a man with a gun. Several shots were exchanged, and Marsean Scott, 19, fell to the ground, dead. Neither of the officers was wounded.
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Theodore A. KeplerOctober 20, 2000OHKepler, a passenger in car that was fleeing police, got out of the car with a large knife. When he was pepper sprayed, but didn't drop it, he was shot and killed.
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Eric Tyrone ClementsOctober 23, 2000OHAn Akron SWAT team officer kicked in the bedroom door of a West Akron home, not knowing the man he was looking for was lying on a bed inside with a gun aimed at the door. The door gave way and the man on the bed fired a shot that flew past the officer's head, lodging in the steel door jamb. Another bullet caught the officer in his heavy bullet-proof vest. Officer Mitchell Hamidi fired two shots, killing Clements.
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Roger D. Owensby Jr.November 7, 2000OHRoger Owensby, Jr. Owensby, 29, died after a foot chase and struggle with police at a Roselawn gas station.The death certificate sited cause of death: homicide, caused by asphyxiation. He had been handcuffed, maced & died in a police cruiser. U.S. District Judge found officers failed to provide Owensby with medical treatment. There was a $6.5 million settlement to his estate.
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Jeffrey IronsNovember 8, 2000OHIrons had been staying in an Over-the-Rhine homeless shelter when he went into the Pleasant Ridge IGA supermarket and allegedly stole deodorant and shaving cream. Rather than surrender to officers who caught up with him, he struggled, police said. Irons grabbed a sergeant's gun and shot Officer Tim Pappas in the hand. Another officer, Frederick Gilmer, shot and killed him.
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Richard S. McDanielDecember 22, 2000OHPolice took a pistol from McDaniel but didn't get a chance to pat him down for a second gun. Police said he broke free of the officers as they tried to frisk him, slid into the rear of the cruiser and pushed the barrel of a gun to his forehead in a parking lot. After a three-hour standoff, he pulled the trigger, killing himself.
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Michael BurgettDecember 24, 2000OHBurgett held the employees and customers of Smokers Value at gunpoint while he robbed the store. He was shot and killed when he pointed his sawed-off shotgun at police after he robbed the shop.
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Wayne Douglas WrightDecember 30, 2000OHWright was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving on the Ohio Turnpike. He ran onto the turnpike in Mantua Township and tried to hijack at least four passing cars, smashing at least one car window with a flashlight he'd taken from a trooper. He struck Trooper Rudy Zupanc with the flashlight before he was shot and killed.
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Robert C. CutlerJanuary 4, 2001OHPolice Sgt. Cristino DeJesus was charged with one count each of unauthorized access to a computer system, obstructing justice, and dereliction of duty, prosecutors said. The indictment by a Cuyahoga County grand jury alleges DeJesus leaked information to Timothy Moulder, 32, of Cleveland, who has since been charged in the death of Robert C. Cutler, a Fairview Park roofer. Prosecutors said Cutler, 34, was lured to a Bay Village home on Jan. 4 and slain to prevent him from testifying against Moulder in an armed robbery case. His partially-frozen body was found in the snow next to a house. He had been shot three times in the back of the head.
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Merle Adam Jr.January 6, 2001OHPolice were dispatched to the home of Adam and Kathy Bender after receiving a call reporting a domestic dispute, police said. When officers arrived, Adam confronted them with a knife. When Adam charged at officers, he was shot and killed.
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David P. GeislerJanuary 14, 2001OHDayton officers Joseph C. Oldman and John Sullivan fatally shot David P. Geisler at Apple and Main streets. Geisler, 28, who had been charged in a Huber Heights bank robbery, rammed Oldman’s cruiser and tried to run over Sullivan.
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Adam WheelerJanuary 31, 2001OHAdam Wheeler was wanted on three open felony warrants when he slammed his Donahoe Avenue apartment door in the face of a police officer investigating a drug complaint. The incident touched off a shootout with Cincinnati police that ended in Wheeler's death.
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Steven MemmerFebruary 1, 2001OHPatrolman Jack Cochran was headed for Glenridge Avenue in response to a burglary call. Memmer was on his way home from work. Memmer turned the Honda he was driving into the driveway of his Southern Boulevard apartment just as Cochran was attempting to pass from behind on his left side. The cruiser struck the car broadside, killing Memmer.
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Eric D. EvansFebruary 6, 2001OHEvans had failed to stop at a red light 21 miles east of Columbus and headed east on Interstate 70 as a trooper pursued him. Evans, driving under the 65 mph speed limit, then stopped at the side of the highway. The trooper heard a gunshot as he approached the vehicle, police said.
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Montgomery Alan "Monte" MottFebruary 10, 2001OHMott was killed and another man critically injured when Paul H. Hendrickson was fleeing a Montgomery County Sheriff's deputy crashed into their vehicles.
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Phillip E. SwantnerFebruary 16, 2001OHPhillip E. Swantner was hit head-on and killed at the corner of Youngstown-Poland Road and Midlothian Boulevard by a car driven by 30-year-old Steven Mango while Mango was fleeing Boardman police. Swantner was not involved in the chase.
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Edward M. PhillipsFebruary 23, 2001OHAn off-­duty Cuyahoga County jail guard, James L. Jones, arriving home after work shot and killed a Cleveland man, Phillips, who ambushed and stabbed him, police said.
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Robert L HaleFebruary 23, 2001OHHale allegedly tried to back over Officer Stephen Clark at a construction site. Hale was a burglary suspect.
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Richard CooperMarch 25, 2001OHOfficer Troy Hughes was attempting to stop a suspected drunken driver on Harmon Road. The driver, later identified as Cooper, didn't respond to lights and sirens and led Hughes and Officer Dave Ratliff onto Frank Road, police said. The officers eventually lost sight of the car as it accelerated to a high rate of speed, but they continued their pursuit at 35 to 40 mph. As the officers came around a sharp curve, they came upon the tangled wreckage of Cooper's car and a another vehicle driven by 22-year-old Mary Gibson of Columbus. Cooper's car had crossed into the path of Gibson's car, police said.
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Timothy ThomasApril 7, 2001OHTimothy Thomas was tragically shot and killed by a Cincinnati police officer, who followed the young man down a dark alley and opened fire because he thought Thomas had a gun. The 19-year-old man had 14 open warrants at the time of the shooting, and, according to Officer Roach, he was given verbal commands to stop running but he did not comply. When Thomas began lowering his arms without instruction, Officer Roach opened fire and shot Thomas in the heart with a single bullet. There was no gun ever found on Thomas.
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Trevor C. CasimireApril 15, 2001OHCasimire was shot by Officer Stephen O'Brien. Police said Casimire, wearing a ski mask and waving a gun, lunged at O'Brien and two employees of Eastland Lanes when he was shot and killed.
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Name withheld by policeApril 26, 2001OHAn unidentified man involved in a seven-hour standoff with police was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
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Cleophis CraverMay 7, 2001OHPolice said Craver ignored several warnings to drop his handgun, then raised it toward the officer, before he was shot and killed.
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Jan Marie WrightMay 16, 2001OHWright was killed as she struggled with her husband, Officer Richard Wright, for his gun. Richard Wright pled guilty to a misdemeanor offense and resigned from the department for his involvement.
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Warren McCainMay 30, 2001OHMcCain was killed last night after the motorcycle he was driving slammed into a sport-utility vehicle. Witnesses to the horrific crash say Columbus police were chasing the motorcyclist. Columbus police said they weren't chasing the bike but simply trying to stop a speeder on Whittier Street.
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Leonard A. "Tony" MooreJune 25, 2001OHPolice said Moore lunged at them with a knife during a domestic disturbance call. He was shot and killed.
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James GuinterJuly 9, 2001OHDeputy James McDonald shot and killed James Guinter, 51, after he went to Guinter's home in a remote area about 1 mile south of Warsaw. McDonald was investigating an allegation that Guinter fondled a girl in a Warsaw grocery store. Guinter shot at McDonald from his front door. The deputy's bullet proof vest stopped the round. Guinter chased McDonald around an attached garage, then the deputy shot and killed him.
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Darlene BarneyJuly 22, 2001OHPolice chased a 20-year-old suspect and his 14-year-old passenger in a stolen car at a high rate of speed through city streets for several blocks, which took about 35 seconds. The suspect barrelled through a busy intersection and struck the vehicle of married couple Ricardo Barney and Darlene Barney, killing them both.
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Ricardo BarneyJuly 22, 2001OHPolice chased a 20-year-old suspect and his 14-year-old passenger in a stolen car at a high rate of speed through city streets for several blocks, which took about 35 seconds. The suspect barrelled through a busy intersection and struck the vehicle of married couple Ricardo Barney and Darlene Barney, killing them both.
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Ricky Moore Jr.July 27, 2001OHMoore was wandering the neighborhood with a gun. He fired on police who caught up with him and was shot and killed.
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Daniel HarrisAugust 22, 2001OHOfficers said they saw Daniel Harris, 47, dealing drugs from his car on East 131st Street. When they approached, Harris sped away, crashing into another car and leading the officers on a 10-minute chase. Harris eventually jumped from his car and ran, with the officers in pursuit. One of the officers caught Harris, who grabbed his service revolver and refused to let go. The other officer shot Harris to death.
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Bela MozerAugust 24, 2001OHBela Mozer was arrested after leaving the scene of an accident. Two hours later, Officer Terry McDowell, 35, was shot to death and his partner was wounded when they went to Mozer's duplex to issue a ticket to Mozer's wife. She had driven to the jail to bail out her husband but didn't have a license, Zitzke said. When the officers arrived, Bela Mozer shot through the front screen door, hitting McDowell, then went outside and fired at Eric Brill. McDowell was killed, and Brill was listed in stable condition, said police spokesman Bob Roule. Mozer shot and killed himself.
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Brandon LoweAugust 31, 2001OHLowe was robbing a bank when an off-duty officer, who was stationed at the bank, shot and killed him.
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Mark MilicevicAugust 31, 2001OHWith the surrounding neighborhood about to begin stirring for the day ahead, police decided to try to pull an armed, distraught man from his pickup truck. A tear gas cartridge was fired through a closed rear window, but before police could reach Mark Milicevic, he put a handgun to his head, squeezed the trigger and killed himself.
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David Thomas HopkinsSeptember 11, 2001OHAkron police fired pepper gas into Hopkins' hotel room after two hours of phone negotiations failed to persuade him to come out. He came out of the room with a gun in each hand and fired at the SWAT team members, who shot and killed him.
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Joseph David IzodOctober 11, 2001OHTwo deputies were trying to serve Izod with a felony child endangerment warrant. He pointed an assault rifle at them and was shot and killed.
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Jonathon L. SharpOctober 13, 2001OHOn the report of a domestic disturbance, and after what witnesses described as a brief fight in front of the house, Sharp grabbed Officer Richard Little's gun. Then Officer Wayne Wright Wright, who is Little's partner, shot Sharp, who then jumped a chain-link fence, got in a car and crashed shortly after, according to police.
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Karlos Shammar DavisOctober 16, 2001OHColumbus Police Officer Bret Bodell shot and killed Davis, 26, who was armed, after the officer saw him flee what apparently was a robbery in progress.
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Tayvone KinneyOctober 24, 2001OHOfficer was pinned at the waist between his cruiser and the stolen vehicle Kinney backed into him.
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Clifford MorrisNovember 7, 2001OHA Cuyahoga Falls officer was parked on the street, checking for speeders. He pulled out behind a speeding vehicle going westbound. When the officer drove around a curve in the road, he saw that the driver had gone off the road and crashed into a pole. Morris, the driver, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say there was no chase.
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William Burrell "Tuff Dog" DuncanNovember 28, 2001OHPolice responded to reports that Duncan was pointing a gun at people. When they arrived, he fled, pointed the BB gun at them, and was shot and killed.
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Vernon Ray "Doug" WattsDecember 4, 2001OHWatts was killed in a running gun battle as he was chased down after the slaying of German Village motel clerk Samuel R. Specht.
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Marvin HendrixDecember 17, 2001OHHendrix died after being tasered by police. The county coroner said he had ingested a plastic bag of cocaine.
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Jermaine SandersJanuary 15, 2002OHTwo plain-clothes narcotics officers witnessed what they suspected was a drug deal at East 176th Street, and followed the suspect'�s car to a fast food restaurant parking lot near the intersection of Harvard and Lee roads. When the officers approached the car, the driver, Jermaine Sanders, 25, drove forward and hit officer John Patton. The other officer, Walter Thomas, and Patton fired several shots at the suspect. He died at a hospital a short time later. Officials ruled the shooting justified. Thomas also shot and killed a man in 2011.
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James RogersJanuary 19, 2002OHRogers killed himself on Jan. 19 while police searched a room of his apartment. He was accused of having taped about 650 people showering and using bathrooms in their apartments and his office, police said.
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Craig BickerstaffJanuary 26, 2002OHTwo officers responded to a report of a man breaking into a car on Lee Avenue. When they attempted to question the suspect, Craig Bickerstaff, 27, he ran. The officers caught him and struggled with the 318-pound Bickerstaff, and hit him on the head with a baton. When Bickerstaff —�“ the son of a former Cleveland police officer —�“ pulled out a gun, the officers shot and killed him.
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Ronnie UntalanJanuary 30, 2002OHUntalan was shot and killed by Lorain police officer Joseph Kopronica in a home after Untalan stabbed Kopronica's partner, James Wolford, with a butcher knife. Kopronica later sued Untalan's father because he didn't warn him his son was mentally ill.
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Robert "Bert" CundiffFebruary 4, 2002OHNew Village police officer David Michael Mueller shot in the face after a struggle. Mueller had responded to a domestic violence 911 call at Cundiff's home. Mrs. Cundiff told Mueller that her husband had grabbed her by the throat and was threatening to burn down the house with her and the children inside. When Mueller asked Mrs. Cundiff if she wanted to press charges and she said yes, Mueller told Cundiff he was being placed under arrest and asked him to turn around and put his hands on a wall. When Mueller tried to handcuff Cundiff, he twisted away, causing the cuff to fall to the floor. Cundiff allegedly rushed at the officer, and Mueller extended his baton and struck Cundiff on the leg. Mueller said he then drew his weapon and fired two quick shots; one struck and killed Cundiff.
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Andrew J. OfiaraFebruary 11, 2002OHOfiara walked into Klein's Pharmacy with an assault rifle, took hostages and demanded a bottle of the painkiller Vicodin. When his hostages were freed, Ofiara shot himself.
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Daniel P. DavisMarch 9, 2002OHPolice set up an ecstasy drug bust. Davis tried to drive away and was shot and killed.
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Raymond E. Haynes IIIMarch 18, 2002OHHaynes was killed when the car he was driving crashed into two utility poles in his attempt to flee police.
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Donald SargentApril 20, 2002OHOfficer Joseph Taylor shot and killed a West Toledo man, Sargent, when the man turned toward him with a loaded 22-caliber revolver in a bedroom. Police were responding to a complaint about a loud party at the home.
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Rodney G. BurgessMay 21, 2002OHBurgess was killed as he was fleeing police in a car that had been reported stolen. The car crashed into a railroad-bridge abutment on Central Avenue north of W. Mound Street.
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Stephon Keith MooreJune 6, 2002OHPatrolmen Daniel Jopek and Martin Rudin stopped a car driven by Stephon Keith Moore, 39, who was drunk, on Lake Shore Boulevard. The officers accused Moore of driving his car at them and putting their lives at risk, so they shot and killed him with a gunshot to the back. The shooting was ruled justified. Moore'�™s family, however, said the victim was backing up his car and posed no threat to the officers. They filed a wrongful death lawsuit, and the city agreed to pay $250,000 in damages and attorney's fees.
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Joseph Pearly "Bug" Finley Jr.June 29, 2002OHAn off-duty officer shot Finley when he found him on his property. Officer James Toomey said Finley attacked him with a metal pole.
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Andrey PylpivJune 30, 2002OHVictor Grygorashenko apparently was trying to elude police when his motorcycle plowed into a guardrail, bounced off a concrete-block wall, and plunged into a stream bed at the end of Wales Avenue, killing Pylpiv.
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Everett LewisJuly 9, 2002OHAdams County 911 center received a call that his neighbor, Lewis, had just shot two people and was holding three others as hostages. Lewis was driving from the scene when deputies arrived, police said. Lewis got out of his truck and pointed his rifle at the deputies and the deputies shot and killed Lewis after he refused repeated orders to drop his weapon.
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Raymond W. TaylorJuly 14, 2002OHTaylor was fleeing deputies when his car crashed into a tree and killed him. Suicide was suspected.
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Derwin Alex JohnsonJuly 22, 2002OHJohnson was shot and killed as he attempted to rape a woman in her home.
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Ricky MooreJuly 27, 2002OHAccording to police, officers responded to a report of a man with a shotgun in the Millvale neighborhood. When police caught up with Moore, there was a gunbattle, and he was shot and killed.
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John TuttleJuly 27, 2002OHAs deputy sheriffs tried to arrest Tuttle on a domestic-violence charge, he shot and killed himself with a shotgun.
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Jeffrey HopkinsAugust 8, 2002OHTwo officers picked up Jeffrey Hopkins, 23, following reports he had been fighting on Detroit Avenue. But when the officers drove Hopkins to Public Square and offered to let him go, Hopkins —�“ high on PCP —�“ turned on the officers and attacked, grabbing officer Michael Schmitt's service revolver and shooting him. Schmitt's partner, Donald Finau, shot Hopkins four times in the back, and once each in the head and arm, killing him. Schmitt recovered from his wound.
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Donald W. MatthewsAugust 9, 2002OHMatthews fled a traffic stop for speeding. After a chase, Matthews shot and killed Massillon patrolman Eric Taylor before being shot and killed himself.
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Stephen D. WhitfieldAugust 16, 2002OHJerrold Bailey was arrested after leading police on a high-speed chase in his car, running a stop sign, and colliding with a vehicle driven by an individual named Stephen Whitfield. The wreck killed Whitfield.
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Randy CopeAugust 19, 2002OHCope shot and killed a Columbus man and then fatally shot himself outside the Rutherford B. Hayes County Services Building.
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Joe EndresAugust 19, 2002OHCope shot and killed a Columbus man and then fatally shot himself outside the Rutherford B. Hayes County Services Building.
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Ricardo MasonAugust 27, 2002OHTwo patrolmen were chasing a stolen car when the driver crashed near West 85th Street. The officers parked their cruiser behind the stolen car and approached. But the driver threw the car into reverse and pinned Patrolman Robert Taylor, who fired into the stolen car, striking passenger Ricardo Mason, 16, in the back and killing him. Patrolman Matthew Baeppler also fired his gun, striking the driver, Malcolm Hoyle, 16, in the face. A grand jury declined to indict the officers, but the city paid $1 million to settle a federal wrongful death suit brought by Mason's mother. Hoyle recovered from his injuries and was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Ricardo'�s death.
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Kerry A. PeterlinAugust 29, 2002OHPeterlin was fleeing a security guard and state patrol when she failed to negotiate a curve to the left and went off the roadway. Her car traveled 196 feet along the grass and hit the pole, killing her.
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Cassidy StapletonSeptember 6, 2002OHStapleton, suspected in a murder in Florida, killed himself as police closed in.
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Clayton Jacob HelriggleSeptember 27, 2002OHMarijuana raid gone bad. Less than a joint found. Police said Clayton had gun but witnesses dispute the story.Settlement was agreed to as they wouldn't take it to trial.
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Christopher D. LeeSeptember 28, 2002OHLee was a bail jumper from Michigan, where he was wanted on a weapons charge. When the car he was riding in got pulled over, a gunbattle started, and Lee was killed.
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William J. BingOctober 14, 2002OHAfter firing a weapon outside his house, Bing went into his house, causing a several-hour standoff before police went into the house and shot and killed Bing.
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Gregory BeardOctober 19, 2002OHBeard was killed during a high-speed chase when the vehicle he was riding in crashed.