As for those who have tried to damn those officers, I wonder what they would hope they might do if they'd seen 12-year-old Nevada teenager Jose Reyes whip out a firearm on teacher Michael Lansberry.
Read More →Officer Mario Gutierrez was at the Shell gas station to stop a man from trying to set fire to the place, Miami-Dade Police Director J.D. Patterson said. Gutierrez shot and killed the man who stabbed him.
Read More →The Sonoma County sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who was carrying a toy rifle "feels for the loss of life" but responded properly to a threat, his attorney said Wednesday.
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Adam Bernstein with the Virginia Beach Police Department told WAVY TV that officers responded to the 500 block of Bay Cove Quay around 6:15 p.m. when a woman called and said her husband had locked himself in a bathroom and threatened to harm himself.
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He was warned repeatedly to stay away from the gun and then ordered to drop it once he had it in his hand. Mandarino was shot by one of the officers.
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Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies were shot and wounded by a suspect during a routine traffic stop early Tuesday morning -- and one was saved from serious harm by a cellphone charger in her pocket, authorities said.
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Albuquerque Police Chief Allen Banks said in a press conference that no motive had been determined for Chase’s attack. However, he did have a tattoo that reads “Cop Killer.”
Read More →The FBI is launching its own investigation into the shooting last week of Andy Lopez, the 13-year-old Santa Rosa boy killed by a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy who mistook the airsoft AK-47 replica Lopez was holding for an assault rifle.
Read More →Sheriff's officials had previously declined to release the deputy's name, citing threats to his safety. Assistant Sheriff Lorenzo Dueñas said the office was still dealing with those threats and would, if necessary, take measures to protect Gelhaus.
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Officer Patrick Hill was part of a special anti-crime task force. The incident occurred April 2 after officers, including Hill, executed a traffic stop on the driver of a silver Dodge Magnum. The driver, murder suspect and convicted armed robber Matthew Joseph, 24, did not comply, police said.
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