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During the contact, the man produced multiple knives. De-escalation efforts continued for minutes, according to Sheriff Scott Wriggelsworth. The sheriff also said that before the deputies fatally shot the knife-wielding man they attempted to TASER him.
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“Two officers discharged their firearms, firing seven total rounds between them, striking the subject, ending the threat,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
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HPD’s Traffic Division, Vehicular Homicide Section, received reports that an HPD officer was driving westbound on Farrington Highway when a man driving eastbound tried to make a left turn, crossed into the path of travel of the HPD officer, and got hit.
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MNPD broke down the more than 40-page report by summarizing the incident, providing a detailed timeline of the attack and investigation, backgrounds of the shooter, Audrey Hale, and victims, what the shooter did and did not leave behind.
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The 2025 “Roll Call of Heroes” features the names of officers who died in the line of duty. This includes 148 federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement officers who died in the line-of-duty in 2024, and 197 officers who died in previous years.
Read More →Mac Marquette, who was fired from the Decatur Police Department, has been charged with murder in the Sept. 29, 2023, shooting of Steve Perkins. Marquette's attorneys had argued that he should be immune from prosecution.
Read More →Deputy Chief Miles Earwood of the San Antonio Police Department explained that the expiration date on police equipment is often when the warranty expires. It doesn't necessarily mean the equipment won't work anymore.
Read More →The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says the chase started in Columbia County after deputies performed a welfare check on a man asleep behind the wheel of a vehicle in a Krystal restaurant parking lot.
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In the video, the officer can be seen firing back at the suspect and moving to a position of cover. The suspect can be seen grabbing a rifle and attempting to get out of his car.
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“End of Watch IPA” is on tap in honor of Yale Police Officer Gregory Swiantek, who died on March 12 after a massive heart attack believed to have been brought on by multiple high-stress calls he was responding to that day.
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