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Justin DimauroMay 24, 2000MADimauro was wearing a face-mask, carrying a BB gun and had just completed the armed robbery of a convenience store when he was confronted and shot dead by a local officer.
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Carlos M. GarciaNovember 27, 2000MAAccording to the police account, Garcia was at the wheel of a stolen Honda at one a.m., and had collided with several parked and moving cars in flight from two plainclothes police officers, when he was fatally stopped by a "hail of bullets" from Boston police.
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Ricky BoddenDecember 27, 2000MABodden fled as a police officer demanded to frisk him in a public park. After a foot chase. the officer shot him fatally in the back of the neck, and claimed that Bodden had produced a handgun. Eyewitnesses sharply disputed that. The shooting was highly controversial and the police unresponsive to demands for an investigation.
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Jose PinedaMay 29, 2001MAPineda was an immigrant Salvadoran restaurant worker who was confronted by plainclothes police officers and stabbed on of them in the leg. Officers responded by shooting him to death. Reporting of the incident raised the possibility that the language barrier may have contributed to Pineda's demise.
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Rene RomainJuly 14, 2001MARomain was identified to police by the victim of a knife assault in a nearby pizza restaurant. When approached by two officers, Romain threatened them with a 12-inch knife, making several slashing motions. One officer shot him in the stomach. He lost too much blood from the stomach wound to be revived at hospital.
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William L. Murray Jr.February 12, 2002MAMurray was shot and killed by police after a 4 a.m. traffic stop, after he was observed driving the wrong way on a one-way street with his lights off. Reportedly Murray refused to pull over.
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Brian VieraMarch 29, 2002MAViera had a history of mental health issues, a recent release from county jail, and a wife of 17 years. He locked her and their children out of their house during a domestic dispute. She sought help from a mental health center, who referred her to police; when the police responded to the house, Viera greeted them with a knife in his hand and refused to drop it. Officers shot him to death.
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Michael C. TwedtMay 1, 2002MAActing with profound emotional issues, Twedt left a suicidal note for his social worker, made an unsuccessful attempt to set himself on fire, and left the mental health center in his car. Members of both the Southbridge police and the state police followed then intercepted his car. This evolved into a standoff where Twedt threatened several police with a knife, which he threw and missed, and with the weapon of his own gasoline-soaked clothes and a lighter. A state trooper shot him to death when he approached to within 10 feet.
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Nelson SantiagoMay 23, 2002MAIn the early morning hours Boston police twice spotted a stolen a stolen grey Toyota Camry. On the third sighting police were able to box the vehicle, driven by Santiago, into a dead end. In attempting a U-turn to escape Santiago accelerated towards officers on foot. In response they fired at him about 9 times. Santiago was mortally wounded, crash the Camry into three other vehicles, and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
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Laveta JacksonJuly 2, 2002MAPolice encountered a psychotic Jackson in the cellar of her residence after she'd killed her own two young children with a knife. She lunged at officers with the same knife and she was shot to death.
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Daniel FurtadoJuly 15, 2002MANeighbors called police on Furtado on a regular basis. His erratic behavior and history of mental health issues were well known when they arrived to resolve another report that he'd vandalized property with a hatchet. Furtado retreated inside his house, breaking windows and shouting threats. After about four hours a special response team forced its way inside, Furtado gestured with his hatchet, and he was shot to death.
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Eveline Barros-CepedaSeptember 25, 2002MABarros-Cepeda was the back-seat passenger of a car that officers were pursuing for running a red light. Officers fired five rounds into the car on the grounds that the driver struck another officer, endangering his life. The death of the unarmed young mother caused marches, protests, and eventual changes in Boston's policing guidelines.
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Brian GriffinJanuary 22, 2003MAPolice responded to an early-morning 911 call to Griffin's residence. After an evening of drinking he'd threatened two family members with a shotgun. They were escorted out; Griffin emerged on the porch to threaten the police, then retreated upstairs and smashed out a window. He'd levelled the shotgun at officers and had begun a countdown when he was shot.
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Mark C. MerrillMay 21, 2003MAMerrill led officers on a car chase that led to the Magic Lantern strip club, where a police sergeant fatally shot him in response to Merrill threatening his life with a barbecue fork.
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James GliddenSeptember 1, 2003MAGlidden had a long history of depression, episodes of rage, and a prior suicide attempt in front of officers the previous December; he and his family and the local police were well aware of it. In the late morning, after an attempt to pull him over and after a brief high-speed chase and minor crash, Glidden threatened officers with a 12-inch fighting knife. He was shot three times. A note and items in his car suggest a planned suicide.
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Brian WoodOctober 23, 2003MAA heavily-armed and distraught Wood deliberately drew police into a firefight in the neighborhood of his former wife's house, where over 50 rounds were shot by Wood and multiple officers. Police would not say how many times Wood was hit.
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Carlos A. ViveirosNovember 2, 2003MAViveiros crashed the stolen green Kia he'd been driving during a police chase with local officers, and died at the scene of his collision with a tree. An investigation revealed he was not licensed to drive because of his Parkinson's disease and was perhaps off his medication.
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Thomas K. SheaJune 23, 2004MAPolice called to a domestic disturbance were confronted with the Marine veteran Shea, at the home of his former wife and armed with a knife. Shea refused to comply with orders to drop it. He advanced on the officer, and the officer fatally shot him.
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Bert W. BowenJune 27, 2004MAShot while fleeing traffic traffic stop. Public controversy over police account and eye-witness accounts.
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Luis GonzalezJuly 2, 2004MAGonzalez, 57 was fatally shot inside the Tremont Street apartment by two cops as he approached them with a knife. Neighbors said they told police the Puerto Rican native was mentally ill before they entered his apartment.
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Victoria SnelgroveOctober 22, 2004MABPD fired pepper spray into crowd celebrating Red Sox victory over Yankees in 2004.
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Andrew ClancyDecember 25, 2004MAClancy was shot to death by police while holding a hatchet in one hand and a knife in the other. A college sophomore with an apparently good relationship with his parents, he'd had no previous contact with police, and his father had sought help from neighbors, who called 911.
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Noel JiminesJune 8, 2005MAJimines, a Honduran immigrant with only six months residence in the U.S., was shot by officers twice in the chest and once through the eye after a confrontation in which he refused to surrender a machete. Police had fired four beanbags at Jimines without any result.
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Stanley SeneyOctober 3, 2005MASeney died in a firefight after 2 a.m. in a nightclub parking lot. Seney fired his pistol five times into a departing black Audi, killing another clubgoer. Two local officers positioned themselves around and between a number of parked cars in Seney's location. Seney fired at them at least twice; the police responded with at least 16 rounds, one of which killed the victim with a head shot.
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Preston JohnsonNovember 3, 2005MAJohnson was shot to death with a single bullet to the brain in the driver's seat of his SUV, during a dramatic confrontation with state police. The account offered by the shooting trooper fundamentally differed from physical evidence. The victim's family reached a six-figure settlement in 2009.
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Anthony McGrathJanuary 10, 2006MAAt 3:30 am police alerted to a liquor store burglary found McGrath driving nearby in a Toyota Camry. McGrath failed to pull over and then, boxed in by police vehicles, attempted to escape. He was otherwise unarmed. Police fired a total of 11 rounds, fatally wounding him. Subsequent investigation by McGrath's parents found many errors and critical inconsistencies in the official account of the event.
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Lawrence J. McCarthyOctober 15, 2006MAMcCarthy had recently been served divorce papers, and police went to serve him with court orders to vacate his residence and surrender his weapons. He responded by coming out of his back door with a rifle, and raising it in a threatening manner to police. McCarthy was killed with a single shot to the chest.
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David G. HillOctober 18, 2006MAThe nephew of a police officer, Hill had announced that he intended to force the police to shoot him, and had made a prior attempt. He provoked and confronted the police with a .40 caliber handgun and body armor, and he died from five gunshot wounds.
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Lamont CruzOctober 26, 2006MACruz drew a "realistic-looking pellet handgun" in front of two officers, knocked one down, and threatened the other before the second officer fired six rounds at him in self-defense. Two of the six struck Cruz. The officers were not only vindicated but awarded a Medal of Valor for the incident.
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Bonney BurnsJanuary 20, 2007MASitting in a parked vehicle, Burns was killed in an auto collision with a local police officer in his Crown Vic going full speed. The officer was criminally charged, claimed to have had a seizure, was convicted, and appealed.
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Paul FarrisMay 27, 2007MATaxicab driver Walid Chahine and his fare Paul Farris were both fatally injured in a vehicle collision with a speeding black Mercury Mountaineer with a state trooper in pursuit. Farris died immediately, Chahine about a week later, and another female passenger was critically injured. The Mercury was being pursued for erratic driving.
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Walid ChahineMay 27, 2007MATaxicab driver Walid Chahine and his fare Paul Farris were both fatally injured in a vehicle collision with a speeding black Mercury Mountaineer with a state trooper in pursuit. Farris died immediately, Chahine about a week later, and another female passenger was critically injured. The Mercury was being pursued for erratic driving.
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James HartJuly 3, 2007MAPolice were called to assist a suicidal Hart, finding him with self-inflicted knife wounds on his arms. They flushed him out of a shed with chemical spray. He emerged angry and wielding a 12-inch knife. Officers felt threatened enough by the 65-year-old to shoot at him three times. He was struck twice.
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Karl ThomsenAugust 3, 2007MASuspect approached/threatened officer with knife and was shot multiple times.
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Marquis BarkerNovember 21, 2007MABarker had worked for the county as a jail officer for 18 years. Barker's wife called police, describing him as mentally disturbed and irrational. Officers responded, finding him holding an apparent weapon and asking to be shot. He then somehow stole a cruiser and led police on a half-mile pursuit. He was shot and killed. His weapon had been a pellet gun.
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Andrew S. CastonguayFebruary 13, 2008MAGood Samaritan Castonguay was assisting a motorist on an overpass when another vehicle slid on road ice and swerved towards him. He hopped over the rail, fell from the overpass onto another road, and was fatally struck by a state trooper responding to the original incident.
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David A. Semenza Jr.April 24, 2008MAFive Mansfield officers located Semenza's vehicle immediately after a bank robbery. Semenza exited the car but kept his hand in his pocket, as if holding a weapon, and ignored police commands. After reaching into his vehicle under the car seat for a black object he was fatally shot with several rounds. The object was a cell phone; Semenza had no weapon.
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Gerald TierneyMay 18, 2008MAPolice responded to reports of a knife-wielding man threatening his neighbors. They found Tierney inside his duplex, armed with two knives. Tierney refused to drop the weapons or obey police commands. Officer felt sufficiently threatened by his behavior to fatally shoot him.
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Michael AddesaMay 27, 2008MALynn police attempted to detain Addesa after seeing him behave strangely on a Lynn streetcorner. An officer chased him on foot. Addesa allowed the officer to catch up, turned with a knife in his hand, and threatened him. He was shot once in the chest.
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John R. CrosbyJune 14, 2008MACrosby was found behaving erratically by officers responding to a 911 call. A 45-minute standoff unfolded while officers reportedly waited for a state police crisis situation negotiator to arrive. Crosby threatened the police with a knife, and was fatally shot.
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David WoodmanJune 17, 2008MABoston police stopped Woodman for holding a beer outside Fenway Park and detained him. During the arrest Woodman was handcuffed and deprived of oxygen for about 5 minutes. Eyewitnesses say police made no attempt to revive him, and lied to responding paramedics. Woodman died 11 days later. In June 2010 the family settled with the city for $3M.
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Andre Luis DeCastro MartinsJuly 27, 2008MAPolice spotted Martins speeding at 1 am and tried to pull him over. Martins fled the scene until getting rammed by officers trying to turn around from a road block. Officer exits car and is allegedly almost hit by Martins as he tries to flee again in car, but police fires 3 shots through side and rear window. Martins dies from wounds in hospital.
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Gullen Tavarez PerezAugust 3, 2008MATavarez Perez was apprehended on August 1 in his vehicle on drugs charges (heroin and cocaine). The report of the arresting officer noted that the arrestee had "swallowed something from another plastic bag," this officer had prior experience of detainees ingesting drugs and requiring medical attention. In two days Tavarez Perez was dead from opiate intoxication. In February 2014 a district court judge agreed with the victim's heirs that the arresting officer was potentially civilly liable for negligence and wrongful death.
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Phillip Noto Sr.September 15, 2008MAPeabody officers responded to a domestic disturbance call, anticipating taking Noto in for violating a restraining order by contacting his wife. Noto confronted and threatened officers with a pistol. He was shot once in the stomach and died later of his injuries.
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John Earl ParksNovember 5, 2008MAParks was shot and killed by local police after an apparent marijuana deal on the street. Reports described him threatening the police with a pistol but it was unclear whether or not he fired.
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Jeffrey CurranDecember 23, 2008MATwo officers fired three shots and struck Curran three times in the victim's basement, as he aimed a loaded shotgun at them. The police had responded to a domestic disturbance call at Curran's home, finding his wife beaten and Curran armed and aggressive.
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Robert E. Wood IIIJanuary 12, 2009MAWood was killed after a day-long armed standoff with police. In the course of the day, Wood held his wife at gunpoint, she shot and wounded him in turn, police arrived and deployed gas without any result, police shot and wounded Wood who still refused to disarm or surrender, police shot him again, then fired three bean-bag rounds to finally disarm him. Multiple weapons were discovered at the scene.
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Kerby RevelusJune 28, 2009MAWith no clear motive or triggering event, Revelus stabbed his younger 17-year-old sister to death and decapitated his 5-year-old sister. A third sister called 911. Milton police arrived within a minute and shot Revelus to death.
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Delano M. WalkerJuly 16, 2009MAWalker was struck and killed by a passing vehicle while engaged in a conversation with a police officer. Walker was one of three bicyclists on the parking lot of an auto dealer when detained. The officer described the victim making unpredictable and threatening movements, then backing into the street without looking.
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Alexander S. NesomAugust 3, 2009MANesom was one of three men in their 20s held in a routine traffic stop of a Toyota Camry reported stolen. After one passenger was removed from the car for questioning, the driver Nesom rammed the police car behind him, momentarily pinning two officers, then lurched forward threatening to run down others. Police fire struck only Nesom, and only in the leg, but it struck an artery and he bled to death at the scene.
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Joseph RamosAugust 11, 2009MAPolice were called on a troubled Ramos, wandering a neighborhood looking for "Mary" and acting erratically. According to the police, Ramos wielded both a nail-bat and a screwdriver, and assaulted and threatened two officers before they shot him. According to witnesses, Ramos was relatively docile, cooperative, and in no physical condition to attack anybody.
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Michael MembrinoOctober 25, 2009MAMembrino, a corrections officer, was reported to have been angry and flourishing a handgun at a local pub. An extensive police response, including a helicopter, tracked him to his house where he opened fire. After an exchange of fire, officers found Membrino fatally wounded despite his body armor.
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Jay CarcieroOctober 27, 2009MAOff-duty special officer for the Boston Police Department Paul Langone shot and killed Jay Carciero, who was armed with a knife and stabbing a doctor in Massachusetts General Hospital psychiatric clinic.
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Thomas GarnettNovember 5, 2009MAState troopers on a predawn SWAT-style drug raid at Garnett's residence were shot at and struck by six rounds fired by Garnett as they crossed his threshold, only escaping injury because of their body armor. Officers returned fire and shot him to death. Garnett had been heavily armed. In November 2010 three state troopers were given Medals of Honor for their roles in the raid.
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Kenneth HoweNovember 25, 2009MAHowe was beaten to death by officers at a sobriety checkpoint staffed by about 20 officers from multiple agencies, in a series of events where the official explanations differed radically from reports from eyewitnesses. Moreover the checkpoint was coincidentally set up near Eagle-Tribune newspaper officers. Their photographer's evidence also contradicted the police story. In November 2012 Howe's family settled for $1.6M.
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Clyde D. RatcliffMarch 27, 2010MARatcliff died after a police chase. He crashed his vehicle into a cinder-block wall, then was dragged out through the car window by police. He experienced breathing trouble, notified medical technicians, then stopped breathing in the ambulance. The exact cause of death was unknown. His parents filed an excessive-force lawsuit against the police.
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Manuel DaVeigaApril 3, 2010MAOfficers patrolling a known center of gang activity saw DaVeiga separate himself from two others on their approach, walking away with hands in pockets. Two officers pursued him on foot. When about 10 feet away, DaVeiga opened fire with a handgun, starting a firefight that pulled in seven officers taking cover among parked cars. Hemmed in and with three bullet wounds, DaVeiga shot himself in the head.
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Carol KingsleyJuly 23, 2010MAPolice were called to Kingsley's home twice for domestic disturbances in the same morning. On the second visit Kingsley produced a knife and cut three officers, two of them seriously, before being fatally shot. She'd had a long history of mental health issues and substance abuse problems, and had only recently been released from psychiatric treatment.
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Leslie M. MooreOctober 13, 2010MAMoore and an accomplice robbed a variety store at gunpoint then led more than 12 officers of multiple agencies on a three-hour chase, first in a Nissan Altima out of state, then on foot through the New Hampshire woods, then back to Massachusetts in a stolen Hyundai. Although otherwise unarmed Moore rammed several police cruisers with the Hyundai, so she was shot to death.
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Matthew KristerNovember 2, 2010MAAn ambitious young businessman with a history of illegal weapons dealing, Krister immediately opened fire on local officers and federal BATF agents as they attempted to serve him a warrant. Krister shot one of the officers three times, seriously wounding him, before being fatally wounded himself.
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Dominic CinelliDecember 26, 2010MAParoled from a prison sentence for armed robbery two years earlier, Cinelli shot and killed a Woburn police officer during the robbery of a Kohl's department store, and was himself shot dead in the exchange of gunfire. He was himself the son of a police officer.
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Eurie StampsJanuary 5, 2011MAFramingham Police SWAT raided home of Eurie Stamps Sr. On information that Stamps' stepson was selling drugs. Stamps, who was unarmed was shot and killed after awakening to the raid.
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Roger Reyes PadillaFebruary 22, 2011MAPadilla reportedly attempted to run over a state trooper following an undercover drug surveillance and a brief car pursuit. When Padilla attempted to escape from a cul-de-sac and reportedly drove towards the trooper, he was shot and killed.
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Eric StaffordMarch 19, 2011MAPolice were called to Stafford's home by his girlfriend. They found him wielding a machete and were compelled to shoot him, twice, after their attempt to control him with a non-lethal PepperBall failed.
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Mathieu MichaudApril 10, 2011MAMichaud, facing an upcoming sentencing hearing in an assault case, called 911 to report himself suicidal. He confronted responding officers with three knives and an apparent handgun. Ordered to drop his weapons, he refused, and was shot twice and fatally wounded. Michaud father was an eyewitness to the event, disputed the police version of events, and was himself handcuffed when he tried to call his wife.
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Tyrone CummingsJune 14, 2011MAPolice arrived at a domestic dispute call to find Cummings "armed to the teeth" according to authorities. In the resulting firefght one of the officers and a member of Cumming's family were both wounded in the leg, and Cummings was shot six times. He died in the hospital four days later.
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Mark Fernandes McMullenSeptember 7, 2011MAPlain-clothes Boston police officers noticed McMullen sitting in a car with a known prostitute and approached the vehicle. As the woman climbed out of the car, McMullen accelerated backward and struck her. After chasing McMullen for 18 miles, police shot him dead.
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Tahiem GoffeNovember 6, 2011MAGoffe was at the wheel of a stolen Grand Prix and trying to escape from a traffic stop where he was boxed in by two cruisers. In backing up, Goffe put one of the officers in the path of his vehicle, which was enough cause for officers to shoot into the car three times. One of those three struck Goffe in the head.
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William EkasalaMarch 23, 2012MAEkasala and two accomplices fled an armed bank robbery in a stolen car, and carjacked another vehicle in an apartment parking lot before discovering it was a manual transmission, which they couldn't drive. Ekasala fired on pursuing police and the police killed him, with 15 to 20 rounds in the exchange of fire.
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Douglas MustoApril 7, 2012MAAfter Musto stabbed an officer, the officer fired five shots at Musto after he ignored orders to drop a knife and after a stun gun was used several times. Four of those shots struck and killed him.
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Malcolm GraciaMay 17, 2012MAPolice shot Gracia after he stabbed a detective. The encounter started when a sergeant watching surveillance video saw Gracia, who had a history of mental illness, exchange a possible gang-related handshake on the Temple Landing basketball courts.
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Kevin AmbroseJune 4, 2012MAMitchell reported that off-duty prison guard Shawn Bryan was near her apartment in violation of a restraining order. Officer Kevin Ambrose responded to the call and attempted to force entry to the apartment into which Bryan had taken Mitchell. Bryan shot Ambrose through the door, shot Mitchell, then shot himself. Ambrose and Bryan died of their wounds.
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Victor DavilaJuly 12, 2012MAA state trooper found Davila in a stolen Honda Accord after running the license plates. Boxed into a dead-end parking lot, Davila attempted to drive out and apparently threatened to run the trooper down. He was killed with a single shot. Eyewitness account vary as to whether the trooper was actually in danger or not.
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Brandon PayneJuly 22, 2012MAPayne had an extensive criminal record of felonies and was among a group of men observed exchanging firearms in public. Police chased his vehicle, he was said to ram a police car with his car, and he was struck by two bullets.
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Burrell Ramsey-WhiteAugust 21, 2012MABo was pulled over during a traffic stop. Police officers said he ran on foot and refused to drop a gun, Witnesses say Bo didn't have a gun and was shot while confined by two dumpsters. Police still have not released full details.
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David ArraiolOctober 4, 2012MAArraiol, who had outstanding warrants, was recognized by Taunton officers walking along the railroad tracks. Arraiol fled. When cornered he produced a handgun, refused police commands to surrender, remained defiant even after a police dog bit him on the leg, then pointed the gun at officers. He was shot twice in the chest and was pronounced death in a nearby hospital.
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Bryce CoutinhoNovember 15, 2012MACoutinho threatened suicide with a knife in an upstairs bedroom at his ex-girlfriend's house. Police arrived with knowledge of Coutinho's mental condition and his previous suicide attempts. They entered the confined space, found the victim with a fresh bloody wound on his arm, and demanded that he surrender his weapon. He did not. He was shot twice.
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Rome Alexander IvesJanuary 11, 2013MARome Alexander Ives, the driver of a stolen Ford Explorer, died after crashing into a pickup truck while fleeing from police.
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Jackson RosarioApril 3, 2013MAJackson Rosario, 20, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for speeding and died because of a crash.
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Tamerlan TsarnaevApril 18, 2013MAOne of the bombing suspects from the Boston Marathon, 2013. He and his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, are alleged to have killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officer.
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Louis M. SquiresMay 15, 2013MAWhat began as a relationship dispute, escalated when property was destroyed and Squires fired a gun. Police intervened, shooting and killing Squires.
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Donald T. MoskitesMay 29, 2013MATroopers ordered Moskites to come down from the exit ramp where he was walking. He became violent and bit one of the officers. He was pepper-sprayed, after which he went into apparent cardiac arrest and died.
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Ross Batista aka BaptistaJune 2, 2013MAPolice responded to Willowwood Street in Dorchester, where there were reports a man had a gun and was shooting. When officers approached the man in his car, he fired at them, police said. Police returned fire and the man was shot and killed.
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Wilfredo Justiniano Jr.June 14, 2013MAState police were called to help a person who was having a medical emergency. The officer tried pepper spray before shooting and killing Justiniano. http://www.scribd.com/doc/209723246/Norfolk-County-District-Attorney-s-Report-on-the-Police-Shooting-of-Wilfredo-Justiniano
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Andrew StiglianoJuly 2, 2013MAAndrew Stigliano had an outstanding warrant, was confronted by an officer and he fled. Officers attemped to arrest Stigliano and he then confronted officers with a shotgun and was subsequently shot.
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Corey J. NavarreteJuly 3, 2013MANavarrete's reaction to a militarized no-knock drug raid of his apartment at 5:00 a.m. was to train a semi-automatic rifle at one of the troopers from his bed. Ordered twice to drop the weapon, he froze, and the trooper shot him fatally three times.
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Albert Della MalvaJuly 13, 2013MABenjamin Shealey, 31, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for driving recklessly, killing Albert Della Malva upon crashing.
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Angel SantiagoJuly 27, 2013MAAngel Santiago, 25, was allegedly fleeing a police stop on a motorcycle for no rear light, suspended license and died because of a crash.
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Roudy HendricksAugust 7, 2013MABoston drug control unit Officers Harry Jean and Terry Cotton were observing two men. An alleged shootout between officers and the men ensued. Both officers were wounded by gunfire, and one of the men was shot to death.
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Wayne EdwardsAugust 11, 2013MAA state trooper pulled Edwards over for speeding on I-91 after midnight. A physical struggle developed between the two in which the driver was shot. The driver then attempted to escape but got only .2 miles until crashing into a protective barrier. He subsequently died of his injuries, and was found to have two handguns in the vehicle.
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Scott KehoeAugust 23, 2013MAPolice attempted to bring Kehoe into custody for a robbery at this scene (the former Danvers State Insane Asylum), and for prior outstanding warrants. Kehoe lunged towards an officer with a knife and was shot to death.
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Denis ReynosoSeptember 5, 2013MAVeteran Reynoso was shot to death by a local officer in his own apartment, in front of his five-year-old son. Police had responded to a report of Reynoso acting erratically and claimed that the victim had managed to grab one of the officer's pistols and fired two shots. Subsequent investigation found grave problems with the police account, and called into question the DA's exoneration of these officers and many others.
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Juliet MacchiSeptember 22, 2013MAMacchi and her mother were driving home from a baseball game when their vehicle was struck by another car driven by a drunk off-duty state trooper. The trooper, John Basler, was indicted on several charges related to the accident.
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Susan MacchiSeptember 22, 2013MAMacchi and her daughter were driving home from a baseball game when their vehicle was struck by another car driven by a drunk off-duty state trooper. The trooper, John Basler, was indicted on several charges related to the accident.
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Jeffrey WattsSeptember 23, 2013MAWatts robbed a CVS store at gunpoint then led police in a high-speed chase through Brockton, Whitman and East Bridgewater. Witnesses describe a lengthy gun battle with 30 or 40 rounds in multiple volleys, Watts firing a shotgun at officers from multiple agencies. The chase ended with Watts shot to death.
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Glenn MadisonSeptember 26, 2013MAGlenn Madison, 43, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for expired registration, revoked driver's license and died because of a crash.
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Michael Francis FlorioNovember 25, 2013MAMichael Francis Florio, 24, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for home invasion and died because of a crash.
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Darryl DookhranDecember 7, 2013MADookhran, with a significant criminal record, was one of two people detained by "two plainclothes officers of a youth violence strike force". According to police Dookhran turned and ran, then pulled out a semi-automatic weapon and fired at officers, wounding one in the arm. Officers returned fire and shot him dead.
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Quadeer A. DicksJanuary 1, 2014MAQuadeer A. Dicks, 19, was allegedly fleeing a police stop for speeding and died because of a crash. Passenger Cesar X. Rodriguez was also killed.