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Search Result: Suicide by Cop

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Sex Offender Shot at Utah Station Wanted Suicide By Cop

April 29, 2013
West Valley City (Utah) Police shot and wounded a registered sex offender in the front lobby of the station after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers.

Fla. Man Gets 20 Years for Firing AK-47 at Officers

April 29, 2013
A central Florida man who tried to kill two St. Cloud Police officers in 2011 with an AK-47 was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the attack.

Video: Ill. Cop Cleared In Station Shooting

April 18, 2013
A Vernon Hills (Ill.) Police officer who shot a suicidal man in the station lobby has been cleared of any wrongdoing. The agency has released video surveillance footage of the incident.

Shooting In Ill. Agency's Station

April 18, 2013

Vernon Hills (Ill.) Police released video surveillance footage of an officer-involved shooting in the lobby of the station. Read the full story here.

Partner Fired At Suspect Who Killed Miss. Detective

April 16, 2013
The partner of a Jackson (Miss.) Police detective fired a round at the murder suspect who killed Det. Eric Smith in a third-floor interrogation room earlier this month.

Ill. Man Shot In Station Wanted Suicide by Cop

April 3, 2013
A suicidal man forced a Vernon Hills (Ill.) Police officer to shoot him Wednesday morning in the station after pointing a replica gun at the officer.

Two San Diego Deputies Wounded In Standoff

February 21, 2013
Two San Diego County Sheriff's SWAT deputies were wounded during a 10-hour standoff with a 22-year-old man whose suicide ended the confrontation.

Breakup May Have Led To Ore. Mall Shooting

December 13, 2012
A friend of Jacob Roberts said a recent breakup may have caused him to open fire in an Oregon shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding a third.

Shots Fired: Las Vegas, Nevada 02/18/2009

May 15, 2012

Las Vegas Metro PD patrol personnel arrived on scene within a few minutes of Sarah's 911 call. They effected a containment of the suspect and the location. Several officers—some with long guns—took cover positions about the scene as a crisis negotiator initiated a one-on-one dialogue with John.

Off-Duty Maine Deputy Disarms Man With Gun

March 29, 2012
Cumberland County (Maine) Sheriff's Deputy Richard Kimball helped disarm and detain a suicidal man who was waving a handgun toward passing rush-hour traffic.

UC Berkeley Shooting Probably ‘Suicide by Cop’

December 7, 2011
The fatal shooting of a student at the University of California, Berkeley, last month was most likely suicidal, the UC Berkeley Police Department has announced.

Denver Cop Shoots Man In Hammer Attack

December 5, 2011
A Denver Police officer shot a suicidal man who attacked him with a hammer, as the officer sat in his squad doing paperwork on Sunday. Police found evidence on the man indicating that he may have wanted to be killed by an officer.

Man Opens Fire Near Occupy Houston Camp

November 22, 2011
A gunman who taunted Houston Police officers to "Shoot Me! Shoot Me!" near the camp of the city's Occupy protesters got his wish, as officers shot him twice when he refused to drop a .40-caliber rifle.

Man Attempts Suicide by Cop at N.Y. Newspaper Office

October 9, 2011
A Schenectady (N.Y.) Police officer shot a knife-wielding man in the lobby of an upstate New York newspaper Saturday afternoon in an apparent suicide-by-cop encounter.

S.D. Patrolman Cleared In Fatal Custer Shooting

September 24, 2011
South Dakota's attorney general and criminal investigation division have cleared a highway patrolman who fatally shot a man who told a dispatcher he wanted to kill a law enforcement officer.

Michigan Officer Killed by Suicidal Suspect

April 19, 2011
A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer responding to a shots-fired call was shot and killed when he confronted a fleeing suspect between two houses.

Texas Sgt. Who Lost Eye In Shotgun Blast Recounts Encounter

April 10, 2011
Sgt. James Kelemen Sr. recounted the encounter with a man he knew wanted "suicide by cop," when he responded to the call of a man threatening an employee at a bakery.

N.J. Sgt. Fatally Shot After Firing Subgun at Officers

March 28, 2011
Sgt. David Powell, a 22-year veteran of the force, had earlier been called to the station after a report that he violated a restraining order. He was recently divorced from his second wife.

Former S.C. SWAT Officer Shot by Former Colleague

March 21, 2011
Craig Brewster Thompson, 43, apparently committed "suicide by cop" after emerging at 3 a.m. Friday from the house where he had been keeping his 4-year-old twin daughters hostage for nearly four hours.

Detroit Police Station Shooter Wanted Suicide by Cop

January 24, 2011
Lamar Deshea Moore, 38, had been implicated in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a runaway teenage girl, when he opened fire on officers inside Northwestern station.
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