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The two police officers who fatally shot a machete-wielding man Oct. 5 on the University of Colorado campus were trapped in a stairwell with the man, and fired their weapons when he ignored their orders and quickly advanced on them.
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and new NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill have condemned the police shooting of a mentally ill Bronx woman — declaring Wednesday it was a clear violation of protocol as the investigation was barely under way.
Read More →When police left the home, shots were fired toward them, and an officer fired back to the area where muzzle flashes were seen. Following several more shots from the suspected shooter, an officer shot the man.
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A man suspected of shooting a San Francisco, CA, police officer in the head died at San Francisco General Hospital on Sunday. Officer Downs underwent surgery to remove bullet fragments from his brain.
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Police announced Monday that a suspect who was shot after pointing an assault-style weapon at officers in a Vallejo, CA, Starbucks is the father of a 2-year-old boy who was shot in a Suisun City home.
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Director James Comey told a gathering of police chiefs Sunday that people who think there's an epidemic of police shootings of black people aren't well-informed.
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Police on Wednesday identified the stabbing suspect who was fatally shot on Tuesday by a Concord, CA, police officer after reportedly attacking another man with a hatchet and stabbing a police dog, a police spokesman said.
Read More →Heavily armed and armored gunman Kirk Figueroa, shot dead in Wednesday's firefight in East Boston, told one of his roommates he intended to die famous — right before police say he opened fire with a tactical shotgun, critically injuring two officers before other officers fatally shot him.
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The case against two former New Mexico police officers charged in the death of a homeless man ended in a mistrial Tuesday when jurors told the judge they were hopelessly deadlocked on the counts of second-degree murder.
Read More →Hundreds of police departments in Texas and California failed to report officer-involved shooting deaths as required by law in the past decade, a recent study found.
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