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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 5, 2013

Suicidal C.O. Rushed Texas SWAT Cops with Rifle

San Antonio Police SWAT officers shot and killed an armed Bexar County corrections officer following a four-hour stand-off broadcast live by a local news outlet.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 4, 2013

Las Vegas Strip Shooting Suspect Faces Extradition from L.A.

The man suspected of causing three deaths on the Las Vegas Strip after shooting an aspiring rapper appeared in Los Angeles County Superior Court Monday for an extradition hearing following his arrest Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 4, 2013

Colo. Theater Shooter Considers Insanity Plea

Lawyers for Aurora theater-shooting suspect James Holmes are challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's laws for insanity pleas, introducing a complicated new argument into his case.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 28, 2013

Video: Feds Mark 20th Anniversary of Waco Raid

Agents and leaders with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives gathered Thursday to remember Conway LeBleu, Todd McKeehan, Robert Williams, and Steven Willis.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 28, 2013

Video: Calif. Cop Killer Wore Body Armor

The sex offender who ambushed and killed two Santa Cruz (Calif.) Police officers Tuesday was wearing body armor when he died in a hail of police gunfire.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 28, 2013

Black P Stone 'General' Gets 20 Years for Drug, Gun Crimes

A high-ranking member of a south side Chicago black street gang received 20 years in federal prison for narcotics and firearm charges stemming from his arrest in late 2011.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2013

Mass. SWAT Cop Shot In Training Exercise

A Chicopee (Mass.) Police officer was shot and seriously injured during a special weapons and tactics training exercise Monday afternoon just outside Westover Air Reserve Base.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2013

Inmate Fatally Stabs Federal C.O.

Officer Eric Williams, 34, was pronounced dead at 11:30 p.m. following the assault at United States Penitentiary-Canaan, a high security institution located near Waymart about 20 miles east of Scranton.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2013

Mexican Police Seize Drug Cannon at Border

Police in the border city of Mexicali say they have recovered a powerful improvised cannon used to hurl packets of marijuana across a border fence into California.

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Articlesby J.D. LightfootFebruary 25, 2013

Rethinking Active Shooter Response

The threat of active shooters is on the minds of both the public and law enforcement. Now that so many people in law enforcement and the public are looking for ways to prevent active shooter attacks, it's time to rethink the way that we respond to these attacks.

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