| Incident | Location | Date | Involved parties | Duration of shootout | Casualties (total) | Result |
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| Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |  Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States | 26 October 1881 | United States Marshals Service and town marshal | <1 minute | 3 killed 3 injured | Surviving Cowboys later conduct revenge attacks, leading to the Earp Vendetta Ride |
| Cochise County Cowboys |
| Frisco shootout | Frisco, New Mexico Territory, United States | 1–2 December 1884 | Associates of a detained cowboy | 36 hours | 4 killed 8 injured | Cowboys fail to injure or kill Baca and retreat after depleting ammunition |
| Elfego Baca |
| 1907 Tiflis bank robbery |  Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire | 26 June 1907 | Bolsheviks | Unrecorded | 40 killed 50 injured | Bolsheviks escape with 241,000 rubles |
| State Bank of the Russian Empire guards and Imperial Russian Army |
| Tottenham Outrage |  Tottenham, London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 23 January 1909 | Metropolitan Police | 2 hours | 4 killed 21 injured | Helfeld and Lepidus commit suicide during and after incident |
| Paul Helfeld and Jacob Lepidus |
| Everett massacre | Everett, Washington, United States | 5 November 1916 | Snohomish County Sheriff's Office and vigilante posse | 10 minutes | 7 killed 47 injured 75 arrested | Engaged vessels break contact; surviving involved Wobblies arrested but later released |
| Industrial Workers of the World |
| Battle of Matewan | Matewan, West Virginia, United States | 19 May 1920 | Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency | Unrecorded | 10 killed 5 injured | Miners involved in shootout tried and acquitted; labor tensions in the region eventually lead to Battle of Blair Mountain |
| United Mine Workers of America |
| Beer Hall Putsch |  Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic | 8–9 November 1923 | Kampfbund | <2 days | 20 killed >12 injured Unknown number arrested | Adolf Hitler and other Nazi Party leaders arrested |
| Bavarian State Police and Reichswehr |
| Young Brothers massacre | Brookline, Missouri, United States | 2 January 1932 | Greene County Sheriff's Office and Springfield Police Department | Unrecorded | 6 killed | Young brothers escape and are later killed in a standoff with the Houston Police Department on 5 January |
| Harry and Jennings Young |
| Kansas City massacre | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | 17 June 1933 | Gang led by Vernon C. Miller | ~30 seconds | 5 killed | Nash killed in ambush; Miller murdered, Adam Richetti arrested, and Pretty Boy Floyd killed after FBI-led manhunt |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation and McAlester Police Department chief escorting Frank Nash |
| The Battle of Barrington | Barrington, Illinois, United States | 27 November 1934 | Federal Bureau of Investigation | <5 hours | 3 killed | Outlaws flee; Nelson succumbs to a fatal abdomen wound; Helen and Chase later arrested |
| Baby Face Nelson, Helen Gillis, and John Paul Chase |
| Battle of Bamber Bridge | Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom | 24–25 June 1943 | 34th Military Police Company, Minnesota National Guard | <1 day (ended by 4:00 am) | 1 dead 7 injured 32 arrested | 32 African American 1511th soldiers court martialed; Eighth Air Force command and military police reorganized to prevent further racial violence |
| 1511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment, Eighth Air Force |
| University of Texas tower shooting | Austin, Texas, United States | 1 August 1966 | Charles Whitman | 2 hours | 18 killed 31 injured | Whitman killed by police |
| Austin Police Department |
| Newhall incident | Santa Clarita, California, United States | 5–6 April 1970 | Jack Wright Twinning and Bobby Augusta Davis | ~9 hours | 5 killed 1 injured | Davis arrested; Twinning commits suicide after standoff |
| California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and two civilians |
| Asama-Sansō incident |  Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan | 19–28 February 1972 | United Red Army | 9 days | 3 killed 28 wounded 5 arrested | URA militants arrested after standoff |
| Nagano Prefectural Police |
| New Orleans sniper attacks | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | 31 December 1972 – 7 January 1973 | Mark Essex | 29 hours (including ~1-hour shootout on 31 December) | 9 killed 12 injured | Essex killed by police |
| New Orleans Police Department |
| 1974 Symbionese Liberation Army shootout | Los Angeles, California, United States | 17 May 1974 | Los Angeles Police Department | Unrecorded | 6 killed | SLA militants killed in unintentional fire set by tear gas canisters |
| Symbionese Liberation Army |
| Iranian Embassy siege | South Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom | 30 April – 5 May 1980 | Special Air Service | 17 minutes | 6 killed 3 wounded 1 arrested | SAS assault kills 5 of 6 hostage-takers |
| Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan |
| Norco shootout | Norco, California, United States | 9 May 1980 | Five bank robbers | Unrecorded | 3 killed 11 injured | Three surviving gunmen arrested, one commits suicide |
| Riverside County Sheriff's Department, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, and California Highway Patrol |
| 1981 Brink's robbery | Nanuet, New York, United States | 20 October 1981 | Black Liberation Army and May 19th Communist Organization | Unrecorded | 3 killed 3 injured | All surviving robbers and associates apprehended by 1986 |
| Brink's and Nanuet Police Department |
| Shannon Street massacre | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | 11–13 January 1983 | Memphis Police Department | 30 hours (raid lasted 20 minutes) | 8 killed 2 injured | All cultists killed, captured police officer found dead |
| Seven "Black Jesus" cult members |
| Milperra massacre |  Milperra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 2 September 1984 | Comanchero Motorcycle Club | >15 minutes | 7 killed 28 injured | Surviving combatants apprehended by police |
| Bandidos Motorcycle Club |
| 1985 MOVE bombing | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 13 May 1985 | Philadelphia Police Department | ~18 hours | 11 killed | Philadelphia Police sued for excessive force for bombing MOVE headquarters and neighboring properties |
| MOVE |
| 1986 FBI Miami shootout | Miami, Florida, United States | 11 April 1986 | Federal Bureau of Investigation | 5 minutes | 4 killed 5 injured | Platt and Matix killed in shootout |
| Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix |
| Ash Street shootout | Tacoma, Washington, United States | 23 September 1989 | 12 off-duty United States Army Rangers | 5–30 minutes | 1 injured (alleged) 2 arrested | Alleged drug dealers flee; Rangers briefly detained by Tacoma Police Department and released |
| 15–20 alleged drug dealers |
| 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout |  Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 16 November 1991 | Bombay Police Anti-Terrorism Squad | 4 hours | 7 killed 24 injured | All D-Company gangsters killed by police |
| Seven D-Company gangsters |
| Ruby Ridge standoff | Naples, Idaho, United States | 21–31 August 1992 | United States Marshals Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and other federal and state law enforcement | 10 days | 3 killed 2 injured | Samuel and Vicki Weaver killed; remaining holdouts surrender following negotiations |
| Randy Weaver, Weaver family, and Kevin Harris |
| Waco siege | Waco, Texas, United States | 28 February – 19 April 1993 | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other federal and state law enforcement | 51 days | 86 killed 27 injured | Branch Davidian compound destroyed in fatal fire |
| Branch Davidians |
| Air France Flight 8969 raid |  Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France | 26 December 1994 | GIGN | 20 minutes | 7 killed (3 prior to raid) 15 injured | Hijackers killed; surviving passengers and crew rescued |
| Armed Islamic Group of Algeria |
| Operation Chavín de Huántar |  Lima, Lima province, Peru | 22 April 1997 | Chavín de Huántar Command | 22 minutes | 17 killed 8 injured | All hostage-takers killed; surviving hostages rescued |
| Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement |
| North Hollywood shootout | Los Angeles, California, United States | 28 February 1997 | Los Angeles Police Department | 44 minutes | 2 killed 20 injured | Phillips and Mătăsăreanu killed in shootout |
| Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu |
| 2003 Ennis shooting | Ennis, Montana, United States | 14 June 2003 | George Harold Davis | Unrecorded | 1 killed 10 injured | Davis killed by police |
| Ravalli County Sheriff's Office and Montana Highway Patrol |
| Tyler courthouse shooting | Tyler, Texas, United States | 24 February 2005 | David Hernandez Arroyo Sr. | Unrecorded | 3 killed 4 injured | Arroyo killed by police |
| Tyler Police Department and Smith County Sheriff’s Office |
| 2008 Mumbai attacks | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 26–29 November 2008 | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 4 days | 175 killed >300 injured 1 arrested | All terrorists killed; Ajmal Kasab captured and executed; investigations allege links to Pakistan |
| Mumbai Police, National Security Guard, and Indian security forces |
| 2008 Parañaque shootout |  Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines | 5 December 2008 | Waray-Ozamis Gang | 1 hour | 17 killed | Several gangsters escape; PNP and SAF investigated for crossfire fatalities |
| Philippine National Police and Special Action Force |
| 2009 shootings of Oakland police officers | Oakland, California, United States | 21 March 2009 | Lovelle Shawn Mixon | 3 hours | 5 killed 1 injured | Mixon killed by SWAT team |
| Oakland Police Department |
| 2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | 4 April 2009 | Richard Poplawski | 4 hours | 3 killed 3 injured 1 arrested | Poplawski arrested and executed |
| Pittsburgh Police |
| 2010 Saric shootout |  Sáric Municipality, Sonora, Mexico | 1 July 2010 | Beltrán-Leyva Organization | Unrecorded | 21 killed 6 wounded 9 arrested | Assailants flee before police and military forces arrive |
| Sinaloa Cartel |
| Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt | Los Angeles, California, United States | 3–12 February 2013 | Christopher Jordan Dorner | ~10 days | 5 killed 6 injured | Dorner killed in shootout with San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department |
| Los Angeles Police Department |
| Washington Navy Yard shooting | Washington, D.C., United States | 16 September 2013 | Aaron Alexis | 1 hour | 13 killed 8 injured | Alexis killed by police |
| Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and other law enforcement agencies |
| 2014 China–Vietnam border shootout |  Hải Hà district, Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam | 18 April 2014 | 16 Uyghur illegal migrants | Unrecorded | 7 killed 10 injured | Migrants killed by Vietnamese authorities or commit suicide; survivors surrender and are returned to China |
| Vietnam Border Guard |
| 2014 Stockton bank robbery | Stockton, California, United States | 16 July 2014 | Stockton Police Department and San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department | 1 hour | 3 killed 2 injured 1 arrested | Renteria, Martinez, and a hostage killed; Ramos arrested |
| Jaime Ramos, Gilbert Renteria, and Alex Martinez |
| January 2015 Île-de-France attacks | Île-de-France, France | 7–9 January 2015 | Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula or the Islamic State (alleged) | ~3 days | 20 killed 22 injured | All three attackers killed by police |
| National Police and National Gendarmerie |
| 2015 Waco shootout | Waco, Texas, United States | 17 May 2015 | Bandidos Motorcycle Club | Unrecorded | 9 killed 18 injured 177 arrested | All charges ultimately dismissed |
| Cossacks Motorcycle Club |
| Waco Police Department and Texas Highway Patrol |
| 2015 Saint-Denis raid | Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France | 18 November 2015 | Central Directorate of the Judicial Police and RAID | 7 hours | 3 killed 6 injured 5 arrested | Terrorist ring dismantled |
| Islamic State |
| 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers | Dallas, Texas, United States | 7 July 2016 | Micah Xavier Johnson | >5 hours | 6 killed 11 injured | Johnson killed by police bomb |
| Dallas Police Department |
| 2019 Miramar shootout | Miramar, Florida, United States | 5 December 2019 | Miami-Dade Police Department and Miramar Police Department | Unrecorded | 4 killed 1 injured | Alexander, Hill, a hostage, and a bystander killed by police |
| Lamar Alexander and Ronnie Jerome Hill |
| 2021 Sunrise, Florida shootout | Sunrise, Florida, United States | 2 February 2021 | Federal Bureau of Investigation and Broward County Sheriff's Office | Unrecorded | 3 killed 3 injured | Huber commits suicide |
| David Lee Huber |
| 2022 Saanich shootout |  Saanich, British Columbia, Canada | 28 June 2022 | Saanich Police Department and Victoria Police Department | <7 hours | 2 killed 6 injured | Auchterlonie brothers killed by police |
| Mathew and Isaac Auchterlonie |
| 2023 Louisville bank shooting | Louisville, Kentucky, United States | 10 April 2023 | Louisville Metro Police Department | <10 minutes | 6 killed 8 injured | Sturgeon killed by police |
| Connor James Sturgeon |
