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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 1, 2010

Officer in Northern California Shootout Dies

Officer Javier Bejar, one of the victims in Thursday's officer-involved shooting in Minkler, Calif., has died. The member of the Reedley (Calif.) Police Department was taken off life support about 5:30 a.m., the department announced.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2010

Identities of Two Deputies Shot in Northern California Released

Fresno County (Calif.) Sheriff Margaret Mims has released the identities of the two deputies -- one of whom has died -- involved in Thursday's shooting in Minkler, the Fresno Bee reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2010

Wounded N.J. Officer Wakes From Induced Coma

The police officer who was shot Saturday evening after stopping a suspicious vehicle just blocks from headquarters has emerged from a medically induced coma and is “in and out” of consciousness, acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino said tonight.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2010

Massive Manhunt Launched After Shooting of N.J. Officer

Detailing the calamitous encounter, acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino today said several law enforcement agencies have formed a task force and launched a massive manhunt to find the people who shot Officer Gerald Veneziano. The officer remained hospitalized tonight in critical but stable condition at University Hospital in Newark.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 14, 2010

Suspect in Pa. Trooper Ambush Found Dead in Home

A Pennsylvania state trooper responding to a domestic dispute in a rural neighborhood in Venango County was shot and killed yesterday as he got out of his car, and the man believed to be responsible for the shooting and his wife were later found dead inside their home.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 13, 2010

State Trooper Ambushed and Killed in Pennsylvania

The shooting occurred after Trooper Paul G. Richey, 40, was called out to a domestic dispute at 11:34 today, along with Trooper Jason Whitman.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleJanuary 5, 2010

Police Ambush Murders

Ambush murders are perhaps the cruelest and most inexplicable of law enforcement deaths. Often, they are not a means to an end, but an end in and of itself, an event consciously orchestrated with no purpose other than the killing of an officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 29, 2009

Ambushed Wash. Deputy Succumbs to Wounds

A Pierce County, Wash., Sheriff's deputy who was shot last week while responding to a domestic violence dispute in Eatonville died Monday at Harborview Medical Center.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 7, 2009

Penn Hills Officer Killed As He Waited For Backup

Penn Hills police officer Michael Crawshaw was shot and killed as he waited in his patrol car for backup units to arrive, after responding to a crime scene, WTAE TV reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2009

Extreme Home Makeover Episode Features Family of Fallen Officer

On October 17, 2009, ABC's popular television series, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, travelled to Woodlawn, Tenn., to give widow Trina Scott and her three daughters the good news that their trouble-ridden home would be rebuilt, according to Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.).

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