Suicide by Cop

Suicide by cop is a colloquial term used to describe an unsub's act of forcing Law Enforcement officials to shoot or otherwise kill them. This act is almost invariably the fate of all rampage killers. The killer, having reached a point of no return, will prefer his/her own death over indefinite incarceration or institutionalization.

On Criminal Minds

Suicides by cop, as well as attempts at suicide by cop, have been occasionally featured in Criminal Minds. In the episode "Nameless, Faceless," Reid profiles that revenge-motivated killers usually commit suicide by cop in order to make some sort of statement.

Suicides by Cop on Criminal Minds

The following criminals committed Suicide by Cop.

• Season One
  • Phillip Dowd ("L.D.S.K.") - with Reid
  • Mark Gregory ("Charm and Harm") - with Morgan
• Season Two
  • Joseph Franklin Davin ("The Perfect Storm") - with Detective Robert Portillo
• Season Four
  • Chloe Kelcher ("The Angel Maker") - with Sheriff Merrill Dobson
• Season Five
  • Patrick Meyers ("Faceless, Nameless") - with Reid; attempted, but survived
  • J. Turner and C. Vincent ("Hopeless") - with Police
  • Dale Schrader ("Retaliation") - with Morgan and Prentiss
  • Bill Hodges ("Parasite") - with Agent Russell Goldman
• Season Six
  • Billy Flynn ("The Longest Night" and "Our Darkest Hour") - with Morgan; also appeared in Season Five
  • Andrew Jacobs ("What Happens at Home") - with Hotch
  • Raymond Donovan ("The Thirteenth Step") - with BAU and police
• Season Eight
  • David Roy Turner ("The Apprenticeship") - with Morgan
  • Willie Kestler ("Perennials") - with BAU
  • Bryan Hughes ("Magnum Opus") - with Hotch
• Season Nine
  • Justin Mills ("Angels" and "Demons") - with Morgan
• Season Ten
  • William Pratt ("Hashtag") - with Morgan; attempted, but survived
• Season Eleven
  • Lester Turner ("Outlaw") - with Chief Raul Montoya
  • William Duke Mason ("Outlaw") - with Chief Raul Montoya
  • Patrick Sorenson ("The Sandman") - with Rossi
• Season Twelve
  • Thomas Yates ("Profiling 101" and "Profiling 202") - with Rossi; first appeared in Season Seven
• Season Thirteen
  • Desi Gutierrez ("Dust and Bones") - with Simmons

Suicides by Cop on Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

• Season One
  • Yukio Aito ("Whispering Death") - with Garrett
• Season Two
  • Ian Wilson ("Abominable") - with Nepali military

Suicides by Cop on Criminal Minds: Evolution

• Season One
  • Arthur Kiel ("Forget Me Knots") - with Rossi