Sent Wednesday, the letter from 26 residents says they have been left to “twist in the winds of violence” for over a year, with the violence including deaths of children due to gunfire. The group says the city as a whole has seen 69 “murders” this year so far, and things are getting worse with more incidents including automatic gunfire.
DC police officers responded to the scene around 8:42 p.m. after they heard gunshots. That's where they found Special Police Officer Angela Washington dead. She was in her uniform.
Trooper Jacob Strong was just getting ready to end his shift Wednesday night around midnite when he heard the fire call for a home in Caledonia Township.
Deputy Luke Gross was responding to a call of a vehicle off the road on Route 3 in Trenton just before 4 a.m. He was struck by another vehicle at the scene at around 4:30 a.m.
Magistrate Lionel Castro set bond amounts for Ledet at $20,000 and $40,000 on Nov. 17, 2020. The next day, on Nov. 18, the District Attorney’s office asked for the bond to be denied because Ledet had two felony convictions. Instead, the DA’s office said Judge Greg Glass of the 208th District Court lowered the bond amounts to $10,000 and $20,000.
Angela Washington, 41, of Suitland, Maryland, an officer with the Metro Special Police, was shot at about 8:30 p.m.
Among the issues that lawmakers were discussing were changes to "qualified immunity" that protects police officers from some lawsuits.
Officer Thadeu Holloway was loaded into another officer’s cruiser and taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he was in stable condition Wednesday afternoon.
"#FirstTime in my 30 years we had a short golf cart pursuit," WSP Trooper Rick Johnson explained in a short Twitter thread Sunday (September 19). Johnson, who's the agency's public information officer, said a "female in distress" tried to get on State Route 167 the wrong way.
As officers closed on the suspect, the suspect turned and fired multiple times at one of the officers, Chief Doug Stephens said.
The budget includes several points of major investment for the city, including $400 million for community safety with a $142 million increase in the police budget.
Violent incidents in city jails spiked from 80 per month last year to 98 this year, 11 inmates have died so far this year.
Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans was an organ donor and Springfield Officer Mark Priebe, who was severely injured in the line of duty in 2020, needed a new kidney. The two were a match.
Senior Police Officer William "Bill" Jeffrey was airlifted to the hospital and later died. Officer Michael Vance was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Vance is reportedly stable after surgery.
Lt. John Stewart's vehicle crashed during the pursuit but the cause of death has not been determined. An autopsy has been performed.
The crowd was not there this may, but the emotions of visiting the wall were just as strong.
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