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Police Commissioner William B. Evans says two officers had “no choice” but to shoot a mentally ill man who he said was waving a steak knife in his family’s South End brownstone early Sunday morning -- an account vehemently disputed by the man's mother.
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Jeri Williams was sworn in Friday as the 45th police chief of the Phoenix Police Department. She is the city's first female chief.
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An off-duty Lincoln County (NC) Sheriff's deputy was showing her service weapon to people at her house when she accidentally fired the gun, causing a bullet to go through a wall and hit her 11-year-old daughter, officials said.
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Two pedestrians — including a Louisville police officer — were killed early Saturday when police say they were hit by a drunken driver on South Upper Street in Lexington.
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According to the city’s chronology, evidence technicians began to be escorted from the scene about four hours after an officer shot Scott. Darkness fell and menacing crowds gathered around them.
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Michael Vance, who was the subject of a weeklong nationwide manhunt after he allegedly engaged in a shooting spree that left two dead and four wounded, has been killed in a shootout with police in western Oklahoma.
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A 22-year-old Chester, IL, police officer died after crashing his squad car while attempting to stop another vehicle, and authorities are searching Saturday for the man they say was the subject of the pursuit.
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A Taylor County (FL) Sheriff's deputy was killed Monday morning in a rear-end collision with a logging truck.
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Detroit Police officer Myron Jarrett, 40, was killed late Friday in a hit-and-run incident on the city’s west side.
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Brandt, an 11-year veteran, pulled over to talk to a man walking on a street early on Oct. 16. Authorities say Anthony G. Jenkins-Alexie shot the officer five times, stole his gun and took off for a few blocks in the police cruiser.
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