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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2009

Three Police Sergeants Dead, Suspect Killed in East Oakland Gunbattles

In the most horrific day in Oakland Police Department history, a parolee shot to death three police sergeants within two hours of one another Saturday afternoon.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2009

Bystanders Taunt Police at Scene of Oakland Cop Murders

People lingered at the scene of the first shootings. About 20 bystanders taunted police. Tension between police and the community has risen steadily since the fatal shooting of unarmed 22-year-old Oscar Grant by a transit police officer at an Oakland train station on Jan. 1.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2009

Fourth Officer Dies After Deadliest Day in Oakland Police History

The number of officers who died in Oakland police's deadliest shooting grew to four this morning when Officer John Hege was pronounced dead.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2009

Family's Account of Oakland Parolee who Killed the Four Police Officers

Lovelle Mixon's shocked family, gathering at an East Oakland home where the parolee had been living until recently, apologized to the officers' families and to the public, and said they don't understand what might have triggered his burst of violence.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 13, 2009

Downtown L.A. Police Chase Ends with Suspect's Death

Los Angeles police shot and killed the driver of a sport utility vehicle early Thursday after he led officers on a chase that ended with the man ramming into police cruisers in the skid row area of downtown.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 12, 2009

Texas Officer Killed by Fleeing Vehicle During Vehicle Pursuit

A 20-year Corpus Christi Police Department veteran likely was setting out spikes to flatten the tires of a fleeing vehicle when it struck and killed him early Wednesday, police said. Patrol Lt. Stuart Alexander was hit by an SUV about 12:10 a.m. in a grassy median along North Padre Island Drive between Bates and Agnes streets.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 6, 2009

Man Who Stabbed Judge Was Unfit to Take the Stand, Family Says

It was in the middle of David Paradiso's testimony in his own murder trial that the Stockton man jumped from the witness stand and attacked the judge – seconds before being shot to death by the Lodi police detective who built the case against him.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 5, 2009

Detective Kills Accused Murderer After He Attacks Judge

An accused murderer who was testifying at his trial in Stockton was shot and killed by police Wednesday after he got up from the witness stand and attacked the judge, authorities said.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2009

Pennsylvania Man Killed After Allegedly Threatening to Slash Officer with Broken Glass

A 26-year-old Bristol Township man was shot and killed by a police officer after allegedly threatening the officer with a large piece of broken glass in his apartment yesterday afternoon.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2009

Young Officer Becomes Seventh Philadelphia Cop Killed in Three Years

Another seemingly random shooting in North Philadelphia on Friday night claimed the life of yet another city police officer and cost the Northeast another son, brother, husband, father-to-be, neighbor and friend.

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