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Officer Fernando Meza, a two-year officer, was working an off-duty job at the station when he noticed a man with a weapon in his bag trying to buy a ticket. Officer Meza and Officer Timothy Moore, a 12-year veteran, both confronted and exchanged fire with the man, who had two guns.
Read More →Three armed robbers had forced the couple into a Marietta apartment. When a Marietta officer arrived, one of the suspects had taken a hostage. The officer gave the suspect lawful commands to drop the weapon and release the hostage. When the man refused, the officer shot him.
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Police dash cam video helped exonerate a Monona (Wisc.) Police officer forced to use deadly force in December against a suspect who carjacked a man to force him to withdraw funds from a credit union ATM.
Read More →Monterey Park Police Department officer Gilbert Alvarez was hospitalized for treatment of a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the head and several other injuries sustained while falling, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Read More →Police responded to a disturbance call at Johnson Elementary School in El Cajon, Calif., and attempted to talk to the men, reports San Diego 6 News. The men ran from police in separate directions.
Read More →Anthony Presley, 39, attempted to thwart the robbery in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Saturday night. He was shot in the shoulder. The school agent then grabbed Presley's Glock and chased off the robbers.
Read More →Responding officers initially suspected they were responding to a domestic violence situation. When officers arrived, Cody Schaible began yelling at them and, when he made a threatening move toward police, an officer fired at him. Schaible had known ties to a white supremacist group.
Read More →A Cherokee County (S.C.) Sheriff's deputy shot a man who pointed a handgun at him, after the deputy discovered the body of the man's wife, who had apparently been dead for several days.
Read More →Sgt. James Kelemen Sr. recounted the encounter with a man he knew wanted "suicide by cop," when he responded to the call of a man threatening an employee at a bakery.
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Dep. Kelly Barks was responding to a domestic disturbance call in February, when she encountered three growling dogs, including the Chihuahua. Barks fired at the dog, left the home, and returned to fire two more shots at the dog.
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