Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the deputy was alert and conscious on the way to an area hospital. He's expected to survive after being shot multiple times, including in the hands, back and cheek.
January 27, 2021
Officer Daniel Vargas was shot in the back after members of the Gun Violence Suppression Division saw the man on Lafayette Avenue near White Plains Road just before 10:30 p.m.
January 27, 2021
Friday night, members of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Gang Suppression Unit (GSU) found a car connected to an investigation, the sheriff's office said. Two people were sitting inside of the car. The detectives tried to "make contact" with the people in the car, but at some point during the encounter, shots were fired.
January 18, 2021
Sr. Cpl. T.J. Webb said this has been the hardest challenge he's faced, but he is still moving forward.
January 8, 2021
The shooting was reported about 2:20 a.m. at Set Nightclub. According to officials, the three deputies were working additional jobs when they were shot.
January 4, 2021
A Loudon County, VA, sheriff's deputy and two store security officers were shot Saturday night during a confrontation with a shoplifting suspect.
January 3, 2021
A team of officers and detectives were in the area with a warrant to arrest a man police identified as a suspect in the killing of a person in San Bernardino earlier this year, Chief Eric McBride said.
December 30, 2020
A witness said it took about five minutes for officers to restrain the suspect and about half an hour later he was put into an ambulance.
December 23, 2020
Sgt. John Lenz was shot twice in the chest and once in the face near the cheek. Police said body armor stopped the shots to the chest.
December 22, 2020
When Officer Gerasimos Athans opened the door of his cruiser to take out suspect Koby Francis, the 22-year-old man came out firing, police say. He then escaped after firing more shots at the officer.
December 21, 2020
Cpl. Frank Lee Whittington Jr., the officer involved, was rushed to surgery but was recovering, police Chief Lisa Proctor told reporters.
December 21, 2020
During the stop, one officer got in a fight with the passenger of the vehicle and was stabbed in the face by the man, according to Nampa Chief of Police Joe Huff.
December 21, 2020
Officer Kevin Behr was investigating a deer poaching complaint in Clinton County when the shooting occurred, according to the Clinton County Sheriff's Office.
December 21, 2020
A man will spend 35 years in prison for shooting a South Carolina state trooper who tried to stop him in for not wearing a seat belt last year in Rock Hill.
December 11, 2020
Because of their dedication to duty Officer Aurash Zarkeshan and his fallen supervisor and mentor Sgt. Craig Johnson were named Tulsans of the Year.
December 10, 2020