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1 | INFORMATION | PROVIDED..... | BY | http://www.fatalencounters.org/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | James Martin Loy | January 3, 2000 | PA | Loy and another motorist were apparently involved in a road rage incident. The confrontation ended when Loy fired a shot at the other driver. When police went to Loy's home and approached him in a bedroom, he fired a shot. He killed himself during the ensuing standoff. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Erin Dudley Forbes | January 10, 2000 | PA | An Army veteran and West Chester University student, Forbes was returning home at 5 a.m. from his security guard job, in uniform, when he was stopped on City Line Avenue on the Philadelphia border. Police officer John Salkowski shot Forbes in the heart. He claims Forbes threatened him with a carved walking stick, even though the 140-pound victim was surrounded by at least five armed cops. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Paul Carson | January 10, 2000 | PA | Paul Carson shot and killed his wife, lying in wait for Penn Hills police and firing on them before he was shot and killed by Sgt. Ben Westwood. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Harold Greenwald | January 10, 2000 | PA | Harold Greenwald was standing over a dog he had just stabbed to death, screaming about having a computer chip in his head when Officer Brian King shot and killed him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | George Blair Reese | January 16, 2000 | PA | Troopers John T. Malone and Jerry Cessna shot and killed George Blair Reese after he allegedly robbed a deli and led them on vehicle and foot chases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Timothy Murphy | January 25, 2000 | PA | Off-duty Officer James Speller shot and killed Timothy Murphy when Murphy allegedly tried to rob Speller. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Brian Edward Marker | January 30, 2000 | PA | Trooper David V. Tyler shot and killed Brian Edward Marker while responding to a domestic dispute. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Steve D. Brobson | January 30, 2000 | PA | Off-duty Officer Ryan Shiver was driving home from a Super Bowl party when his car slid off the road, killing brothers John W. Brobson Jr., 27, and Steve D. Brobson, 25, who were passengers in his car. Shiver's blood-alcohol level was well over the legal limit at the time of the crash. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | John W. Brobson Jr. | January 30, 2000 | PA | Off-duty Officer Ryan Shiver was driving home from a Super Bowl party when his car slid off the road, killing brothers John W. Brobson Jr., 27, and Steve D. Brobson, 25, who were passengers in his car. Shiver's blood-alcohol level was well over the legal limit at the time of the crash. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Basil Blakeney | February 2, 2000 | PA | Basil Blakeney had his throat slit by his father during a standoff with police. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Rafael "Ralph" Morales | February 11, 2000 | PA | Rafael "Ralph" Morales was killed when his car was broadsided by a stolen Mercedes that was fleeing police. Police said they had not yet begun the chase, although they'd spotted the car. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Charles Lloyd II | March 10, 2000 | PA | Charles Lloyd II was shot by Officer Kimberly Reising, using her backup weapon, when he grabbed her service pistol from its holster while she was walking to her cruiser outside a Sheetz store in Pleasant Hills. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Sherrod Carrington | March 25, 2000 | PA | While fleeing police, Sherrod Carrington's car struck a utility pole on the south side of West College Avenue, hit the curb at Cookes House Lane, flew through the air and struck brick home, killing him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Andre Craddock | April 8, 2000 | PA | Off-duty Philadelphia Police Officer Joseph Kojer shot and killed Andre Craddock when Craddock tried to rob Kojer and his girlfriend outside of an IHOP. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Albert John Dougherty | May 3, 2000 | PA | Albert Dougherty, a rape suspect, died at Mercy Community Hospital, where he was taken from his jail cell. He tried to escape when police removed his handcuffs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Robert Black | May 8, 2000 | PA | Gregory Venay, 22, fleeing from a Duquesne police officer crashed into a car yesterday, killing his passenger, Robert Black, and critically injuring himself. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Dale Jackson | May 31, 2000 | PA | Dale Jackson died when he was taken to jail instead of a hospital while exhibiting obvious signs of mental illness or drug use. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | John M. Foley | June 13, 2000 | PA | Patricia Marie Smith stole a conversion van and fled police, crashing into John M. Foley, and killing him. Smith was drunk. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Robert Baldini Jr. | June 22, 2000 | PA | Jesse Chuma, 18, allegedly was drunk and fleeing police with his headlights off when he crashed into a utility pole, killing a 17-year-old passenger Robert Baldini Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Robert Brown | July 18, 2000 | PA | Paranoid schizophrenic Robert Brown was threatening Amtrak police with a metal chair when he was shot and killed by Amtrak officer Dennis Kelly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Gregory Johnson | July 29, 2000 | PA | Michael Lackey, 40, allegedly was fleeing from police in a stolen van when he rammed a car, killing the car's driver, Gregory Johnson, 22, and critically injuring a passenger. A jury yesterday convicted the car thief, Michael Graham, aka Michael Lackey, 41, of homicide by vehicle, third-degree murder, aggravated assault and related offenses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Michael Platt | July 29, 2000 | PA | Michael Platt and Eric Gooden, both 28, were leaving the Club Millennium with three white women they had met that night. Gooden, who is black, had been driving slowly down 19th Street through a crowd when Jason Pfeil staggered into the path of Gooden's car and was nearly struck. Gooden said that as he drove away, his car was pursued by Pfeil and several others, one of whom tussled with Platt, who fired a bullet into bystander Patrick Moore's head, killing him. Off-duty Pittsburgh police officers Philip Mercurio and Stephen Matakovich, stopped Gooden's car. With their weapons drawn, the uniforms in plain view, they ordered Platt to drop the weapon. Matakovich testified that Platt looked him in the eye and opened fire before both officers returned more than a dozen shots, killing him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Jeffrey Lee Long | August 26, 2000 | PA | Jeffrey Lee Long was chasing Louise Irvin. When they arrived at Watsontown Police Department, Long shot Irvin then shot and killed himself. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Jose M. Ortiz | September 18, 2000 | PA | Jose M. Ortiz, a plainclothes police officer, was struck and killed by a marked patrol car that was rushing to help him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | John Gorga | September 19, 2000 | PA | John Gorga was shot and killed after a 10-hour standoff with police. He was threatening police with a pellet gun in a church parking lot. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | John M. Thompson | September 22, 2000 | PA | John Thompson, 17, and Timothy Hogg, 17, were passengers in a fleeing car that struck a Lancaster state police trooper before crashing shortly before midnight, police said. An unidentified 17-year-old Christiana boy was driving the vehicle | ||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Bernard P. Kolas Jr. | October 3, 2000 | PA | Bernard Kolas Jr., 35, was found semiconscious by passers-by and a resident. Hours earlier, according to his brothers, a police officer had chased him into a wooded area in Grandview Park. The Kolases, who live in Mount Washington, believe he was beaten, citing hospital reports that say Kolas' injuries were consistent with an assault. Police said they believe Kolas fell down the steep slope while fleeing from the officer and then toppled off a garage roof to the ground. They said he was never in police custody that night. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Evelyn Sanchez | October 22, 2000 | PA | Evelyn Sanchez, 39, and Jose Miguel Cales, 44, were killed when they were thrown from their car after a collision with what police said was a stolen car, which police had been chasing. A suspect, Charles Drumm, 19, turned himself in to police later in the day. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Jose Miguel Cales | October 22, 2000 | PA | Evelyn Sanchez, 39, and Jose Miguel Cales, 44, were killed when they were thrown from their car after a collision with what police said was a stolen car, which police had been chasing. A suspect, Charles Drumm, 19, turned himself in to police later in the day. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Tim White | November 5, 2000 | PA | Tim White had assaulted two people, set fire to his own home and other buildings. He shot and killed himself as he was surrounded by police. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Ryan Schorr | November 18, 2000 | PA | Within hours after breaking away from a hospitalization, mentally ill Schorr was visited by two local police, to retrieve him for an involuntarily commitment. There was a violent struggle, both officers were wounded, and Schorr was fatally shot. The family filed suit under a novel theory that a fatal police shooting violated ADA. This was upheld by the Third Circuit in 2003. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Kevin A. Rice | November 25, 2000 | PA | Jonathan Patrick Hutton pleaded guilty to several felonies including homicide by vehicle and aggravated assault while driving drunk, and involuntary manslaughter and fleeing from police, misdemeanors. He crashed while fleeing and killed his friend 21-year-old Kevin A. Rice. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Michael Thomas | January 13, 2001 | PA | James Allen, 34, a convicted car thief, was high on cocaine and fleeing cops when the crash occurred at 29th and Diamond streets, killing Michael Thomas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Joseph Bauerle | January 19, 2001 | PA | Police were called because Joseph Bauerle's alarm went off because he was shooting his gun in the house. He shot at police from his front porch and was shot and killed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Marlin "Skip" Brougher | January 24, 2001 | PA | Marlin "Skip" Brougher shot and killed himself during a seven-hour standoff with police. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Timothy Gallucci | January 31, 2001 | PA | Gallucci's wife called police and said her husband was despondent and threatening suicide, police said. He had reportedly taken medication and was threatening to shoot responding police officers. Kutztown police entered Gallucci's home and subdued him. No one else was injured, and no shots were fired. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Quinton Bell | February 21, 2001 | PA | Officer Charles Reedy Jr. was approached by a woman who said Quinton Bell had pointed a gun at her and her companion. Reedy shot and killed Bell, but it was not reported what precipitated the killing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Mark Wenner | February 28, 2001 | PA | Mark Wenner was angry over a judge's order keeping him away from his family. Police were called because he was drunk and despondent. He shot and killed himself during a standoff. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Asia Williams | March 15, 2001 | PA | Philadelphia Police Officer Christopher Williams shot and killed his wife, Asia, before shooting and killing himself. Their young children were in the house and called police when they couldn't get into their parents bedroom. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Godyin Tran | March 27, 2001 | PA | Julian Bulat and Godyin Tran were suspects in a robbery who fled police and crashed, killing them both. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Julian Bulat | March 27, 2001 | PA | Julian Bulat and Godyin Tran were suspects in a robbery who fled police and crashed, killing them both. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Theodore D. Prestia | April 9, 2001 | PA | Theodore D. Prestia fatally shot himself while an officer was ticketing him for vehicle inspection-registration violations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Thomasina Brown | May 16, 2001 | PA | Two police officers shot and killed Thomasina Brown moments after she fatally shot Carmen Collins, 37. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Robert W. Furler | July 4, 2001 | PA | Charismatic minister Furler walked out of his house in a black mask and dressed as a minja at 4:30 a.m., ending overnight negotiations on an involuntary psychiatric evaluation order. He levelled a shotgun at state troopers and was fatally shot. After the shooting police pointed out that he'd been heavily armed, including a sword, and that his family hadn't been as cooperative as they would have liked. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Anthony Donald Wood | July 11, 2001 | PA | Police were told Wood was making threatening phone calls to his estranged wife at her job in New Jersey. He had been calling his wife, from whom he is separated, and reportedly told her he had been drinking, and he had a loaded 12-gauge shotgun. He said he was going to kill her and then himself. New Jersey Police were notified, and they determined he was making the calls from his home in the 100 block of Pleasant Drive in West Nottingham. Pennsylvania State Police were contacted and went to serve an involuntary emergency commitment warrant to Wood. Police arrived at the house, but Wood would not come out or answer them. Eventually, Wood came out of the house with a shotgun and started walking toward the corner of his property. At that time, Trooper Barry Brinser fired three shots from his "non-lethal AL-6" weapon but did not incapacitate him. He stopped and pointed the shotgun in the direction of Cpl. Martin Henry and Cpl. William White. The troopers fired three shots—Henry fired two shots, White fired one—from their guns at Wood, hitting all three times, killing him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | John Taylor | August 6, 2001 | PA | John Taylor was drunk and shot a police officer. He was found dead after a 12-hour standoff. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Kathleen C. Neuburger | August 18, 2001 | PA | Neuburger was sitting on a jetty, which extended approximately 30 feet from the shoreline into the Walnut Creek Access Area of Lake Erie. She appeared distraught. After she fired a shot from a handgun into the lake, witnesses called 911. Troopers Thompson, Sibbald, Barnes and Temel arrived. Neuburger remained at the end of the jetty facing the water. Approaching from directly behind the jetty, Trooper Barnes spoke with Neuburger, who was crying unintelligibly. Among other things, he told her to put down her gun. Neuburger responded by telling the troopers to “get away from her and [to] not make her do this.” The troopers continued approaching. Still facing the lake, and with her feet in the water, Neuburger raised her arm and pointed the gun out across the water. Neuburger began to pivot toward Trooper Barnes with her arm holding the gun extended. Trooper Thompson then shot Neuburger in the head and neck, knocking her into the water and killing her. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Ramone Jones | August 19, 2001 | PA | Ramone Jones got kicked out of a bar but fired at patrons outside the bar before he was shot and killed by a state constable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Name withheld by police | September 28, 2001 | PA | Police were investigating a series of robberies committed by a man on a bicycle. When they approached this unidentified man on his bicycle, he shot at them and was killed in a running gunbattle that lasted about six blocks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Albert Haasz | September 29, 2001 | PA | Friends described Haasz as basically peaceful although plagued by mental and substance abuse problems. Four local officers approached him in an Allentown parking lot, mid-morning, as he had a knife stuck in his own sternum. Pepper-spraying him only enraged him, and the four officers shot him eleven times, fatally. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Charles Spacek Jr. | October 20, 2001 | PA | Officer Shaun Zane, a Rice Township police officer, arrived at the Spacek home in response to a domestic disturbance report. Lupas said police were summoned to the house previously for similar problems. When the officer arrived and opened the white picket fence that surrounds the blue-colored house, Charles R. Spacek Jr. pointed a handgun directly at the officer, refused to put it down, walked toward the officer and was shot and killed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | James B. Lewis | October 29, 2001 | PA | James Lewis fled a traffic stop for not stopping at a stop sign. After he hit several cars, he allegedly pulled a gun and was shot and killed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Cyril F. Buss Sr. | November 9, 2001 | PA | Police were called following reports that Buss, 46, and his neighbor had fired guns during an argument. After state troopers arrived and began conducting interviews, another confrontation erupted, and Buss pointed what police thought was a loaded shotgun at them. Two troopers fired at Buss, and one bullet struck him in the chest, killing him, while another hit his gun. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Raymond Garner | December 13, 2001 | PA | Police said they tried to pull Raymond Garner over after they got a call from another motorist complaining that Garner was driving erratically. Officers chased Garner at high speeds through several towns before he stopped his car in front of his home and got out carrying a gun, which he pointed at police when he was shot and killed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Brian Scully | December 27, 2001 | PA | Living in a group home with three other people, Scully's roommates called police when he began acting strangely. Two officers arrived shortly before midnight with a crisis intervention worker. Unarmed but resistant, Scully was having some kind of mental crisis during this detention. After being pepper-sprayed and cuffed he stopped breathing. The police absolved themselves of any responsibility and the DA was quoted, "There really wasn't any explanation in terms of cause of death." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Michael Eugene Gentzler | December 27, 2001 | PA | Parole officers arrived at the apartment to arrest the man for an undis closed parole violation. As they approached his apartment, the man fired shots, and the officers retreat ed and called for help. After several hours of standoff, police went into the house and found Gentzler dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Christopher Kaputa | December 29, 2001 | PA | Christopher Kaputa shot and killed himself after a five-hour standoff following a domestic dispute. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | James Ervin | January 21, 2002 | PA | James Ervin was stabbing his wife when he was shot and killed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Anthony Spencer | February 12, 2002 | PA | Anthony Spencer was reportedly brandishing a knife and was killed when police attempting to arrest him shot him with a Taser gun. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Michael Anthony Finn | February 20, 2002 | PA | Officer Russell Moore attempted to stop Michael Anthony Finn, 18, for speeding. Finn fled and crashed into a tree, killing him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Bonnie F. Krepps Bugosh | February 23, 2002 | PA | Trooper Angelo Bonesio and Trooper Brian Fleck were sent to Bugosh's after friends called 911 to report a disturbance there. When they arrived, the building was quiet, so Bonesio and Fleck went to Bugosh's apartment, where they repeatedly knocked on the door and announced themselves as police. With Fleck on the left side and Bonesio on the right, the door opened slowly and the troopers saw Bugosh holding a shotgun pointed upward. When the woman began to lower it toward his chest, Bonesio drew his handgun and shot and killed Bugosh. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Marcel Bond | March 11, 2002 | PA | Falls Township police officers began following a car that was driving erratically and chased the vehicle until it went off the road at an intersection. The car then made a 180-degree turn and came toward them, and Sgt. William Wilcox shot and killed Marcel Bond, 21. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Robert Joseph Wise | March 12, 2002 | PA | York City Police Officers Brian Lehman and Michael Davis shot at Robert Joseph Wise, killing him with a single gunshot wound at the York County Heritage Rail Trail County Park. Police said Wise was racing with another car when he passed through a speed trap which led to a police pursuit and later a shoot-out at the park. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | James E. Harper III | March 14, 2002 | PA | Officer Michael Ponto shot James E. Harper III in the abdomen but that wasn't the wound that killed Harper. County Coroner Halbert E. Fillinger Jr. ruled that Harper, 25, of Pottstown, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, and he concluded the manner of death was suicide. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Jon Lee Mcclure | May 1, 2002 | PA | McClure killed himself during a 16-hour standoff with police after fatally shooting three people and injuring a fourth in a bar. He had apparently been arguing with patrons about his war record, police said. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Leon Samuel Bare | June 5, 2002 | PA | Leon Samuel Bare, 55, died after being picked up by Northern York County Regional Police. The police were responding to a call about suspicious activity on Willis Road in Manchester Township. The coroner's office determined that Bare died of natural causes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Matthew Redding | June 9, 2002 | PA | Officer Andrew Mathias attempted to stop driver Josh Boos‚ 20‚ and passenger Matthew Redding‚ 15‚ in a 1977 race-modified Chevrolet Camaro for multiple alleged traffic offenses. Mathias said he called off the pursuit after losing sight of the Camaro and then came upon the crash, which killed Boos and Redding. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Josh Boos | June 9, 2002 | PA | Officer Andrew Mathias attempted to stop driver Josh Boos‚ 20‚ and passenger Matthew Redding‚ 15‚ in a 1977 race-modified Chevrolet Camaro for multiple alleged traffic offenses. Mathias said he called off the pursuit after losing sight of the Camaro and then came upon the crash, which killed Boos and Redding. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Susan Louise Fyock | June 10, 2002 | PA | Susan L. Fyock was shot and killed by her spouse, Johnstown Police Department Officer Craig A. Knepper, in front of Fyock's 4-year-old son. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Ronald Gilbert Santiago | June 13, 2002 | PA | Santiago led local police on a chase in a stolen car at speeds of up to 90 MPH. He then lost control and fatally crashed into a utility pole. A review found that Santiago was solely responsible for the crash, partly because of an undetermined amount of marijuana in his system. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Rodney D. Mathews | June 13, 2002 | PA | Officer George Ciganik shot Rodney D. Mathews, 24, in the head, killing him, as Mathews brandished a handgun from the porch roof of his home in Marshall-Shadeland. A neighbor had summoned police because Mathews had discharged his gun several times. During an exchange of gunfire with police, Mathews shot an officer in the foot. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Donald R. Mortimore | June 29, 2002 | PA | Donald R. Mortimore, a Penn-Trafford schoolteacher, shot and killed himself during a stop for driving while intoxicated. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Katherine Grace Bell | July 7, 2002 | PA | Police said they were following, not chasing, the car in which Katherine Grace Bell was a passenger. The car, driven by Christopher Irwin, crashed into a utility pole, killing Bell. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Stephanie Sees | July 13, 2002 | PA | David R. Sees, 38, killed his estranged wife, Stephanie Sees, 32, following a three-hour armed standoff and then committed suicide, police said. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | David R. Sees | July 13, 2002 | PA | David R. Sees, 38, killed his estranged wife, Stephanie Sees, 32, following a three-hour armed standoff and then committed suicide, police said. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Christopher Arnold | August 12, 2002 | PA | Arnold died of positional asphyxiation after being beaten by police in his front yard, hogtied, and placed face down in the police wagon. Officers were responding to reports of Arnold, a schizophrenic, walking around and talking to himself. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | William Wheeler | August 17, 2002 | PA | William Wheeler had a psychotic breakdown near his Philadelphia home. Hallucinating, high on cocaine, and armed with a pair of scissors, a steak knife, and a screwdriver, he ran into the street screaming at imaginary assailants. When Officers Gregory Schaffling and Michael Cannon arrived, they tried to calm Wheeler, to no avail. Wheeler charged them with a screwdriver. The officers deployed pepper spray, grounded Wheeler, and then used control holds to handcuff him. Minutes later, he died of "cardiac dysrhythmia" and "drug intoxication and restraint." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Lee Jamar Pinder | August 31, 2002 | PA | Police were investigating a complaint about gunshots fired. Pinder fled the stop and allegedly pointed a gun at Officer William McGoldrick, who shot and killed him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Duane Edward Martin | September 1, 2002 | PA | Police said Duane Edward Martin, 30, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after a standoff following an armed robbery and chase. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Michael Hunter Jr. | September 7, 2002 | PA | Police were looking for a man they described as wearing a blue shirt, who had sold drugs to a juvenile. The officers spotted Hunter, who was wearing a blue T-shirt, walking across a baseball field. When they approached him, he allegedly pointed a gun at them and was shot and killed. Some witnesses said he was not the man police were looking for. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Brian Carr | September 24, 2002 | PA | Brian Carr was killed and Officer Nicholas Smith was wounded in a gun battle following an attempted drug stop. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Lawrence C. "Larry" Boettcher | October 9, 2002 | PA | Boettcher used his vehicle to block the path of a patrol car of an officer who was stationed in a vacant parking lot of a supermarket. Boettcher allegedly banged on the officer's vehicle with a hammer. When additional officers arrived, they found Boettcher threatening the initial officer with a knife. He allegedly charged the officer after she lost her balance, prompting the fallen officer and three others to shoot and kill Boettcher. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Clair Bowen | October 12, 2002 | PA | Clair Bowen, 35, led police on a chase that ended in a parking lot in West Manchester Township. Bowen fired a shotgun at two officers. The officers fired back, killing Bowen. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Arta G. Skipper Jr. | October 17, 2002 | PA | Police tried to pull over Arta G. Skipper Jr. for driving erratically. After a short chase, he shot and killed himself. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Bernard Rogers | November 15, 2002 | PA | Housing Authority police shot and killed Bernard Rogers at a public housing unit in the Hill District. Rogers was unarmed, but possessed a small amount of marijuana. Police said they weren't even trying to arrest him when he reached for one of their guns. A scuffle ensued, and police and witness accounts differ on what happened next. Police say Rogers tackled Officer Tonyea Curry on a loveseat, and tried to get his gun, and Curry shot him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Arthur Knox | November 17, 2002 | PA | Officers responded to a robbery in progress. During a gun battle, Arthur Knox was killed and Officer Shawn Simkins was shot. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Byron Allen | November 19, 2002 | PA | Police shot murder suspect Byron Allen, 34, when he pointed a gun at an officer after eight-hour standoff at Pub Charles, an exotic dancing club. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Frank F. Moore | December 20, 2002 | PA | Frank Moore shot and wounded his neighbor, then shot and killed himself during a standoff with police. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Charles Dixon Sr. | December 21, 2002 | PA | Officers attempted to arrest Dixon, who weighed 330 lbs., when he stepped in following an altercation involving his brother. He lost consciousness while being restrained by multiple police officers face down on floor and died two days later. Coroner recommended homicide charges. Settlement reached in wrongful death suit, for undisclosed amount. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Michael Ellerbe | December 24, 2002 | PA | Two troopers pursued young, slight Ellerbe in a stolen SUV then continued the pursuit on foot. The unarmed Ellerbe was fatally shot in the back. Police refused to release even the most ordinary details of the event. The troopers were officially cleared but Ellerbe's family settled in March 2008 for $12.5M. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Angelo Parsalidis | February 21, 2003 | PA | Angelo Parsalidis apparently heard his family's pizza restaurant being attacked and came out with a rifle before he was shot and killed by a responding Philadelphia police officer, Christine Waring. Victor Enriques, 25, and Samuel Rosado, 16, were charged with attempted murder of George Parsalidis, Angelo's father. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Victor Martinez Jr. | February 22, 2003 | PA | Police responded to a domestic disturbance, and after locating Martinez, chased him into an alley where he threatened an officer with a knife before being fatally shot. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Michael R. Vandergrift | March 6, 2003 | PA | Michael R. Vandergrift killed his father sometime before an hours-long standoff at his home that ended when he took his own life, police said | ||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Anthony L. Griffin | April 4, 2003 | PA | Police said they went to Anthony Griffin's apartment to arrest him They were outside when they heard a shot. They entered and found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Gerald A. Flowers | April 24, 2003 | PA | Gerald A. Flowers had been making suicidal threats when police came to his home. He allegedly was shot and killed when he threatened police with knives. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Steven Johnson | April 25, 2003 | PA | Pat Kiss phoned 911 to report that her common-law husband fired a gun in their home, police said. Steven Johnson, 49, held police at bay for several hours before firing his gun at officers. Police then shot and killed Johnson in front of the home. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Dion Lee Hall | May 8, 2003 | PA | Hall, 17, allegedly robbed a pizzeria, shot a bystander in the arm, stole money and then fled to nearby Hillsboro Street, where he holed up in a disabled van. Police said that a shot rang out as they approached the van and though an officer fired into the van, Hall shot and killed himself. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Milo Fornwald | June 10, 2003 | PA | Fourth District Officer Frederick Girardo opened fire on Fornwald after he allegedly drove toward him and attempted to run him over when the officer tried to break up a drug sale, police said. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | William Joseph Gingerella | June 13, 2003 | PA | William Gingerella called police to tell them of his suicidal plans. He apparently shot and killed himself as police surrounded his home. |