The 55-year-old deputy--who was originally thought to have been shot in the back--suffered abrasions and cuts when a cellphone he was carrying in a pocket was shattered by a bullet fired by a suspect, and the phone effectively slowed or stopped the bullet, police say.
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The agency released surveillance footage from the station that shows a man walk up to the patrol car before getting into a scuffle with an officer in the driver’s seat.
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Officer Joseph Mensah's attorney, Jonathan Cermele, said Mensah is "completely capable" of performing all of the aspects related to his job.
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Officers can be heard saying "put the knife down" at least 11 times before Wallace was shot on October 26.
Read More →Three Winchester police officers responding to the unit. In the apartment they reportedly found a man holding two knives.
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According to police, a man was reported to be causing a disturbance inside the Ralph's. Shortly after officers entered the store and confronted the suspect, a shooting occurred.
Read More →An officer with the Oak Forest (IL) Police Department was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with an armed suspect early Sunday morning.
Read More →An officer with the Salem (OR) Police Department was wounded and a gunman was killed in an armed confrontation early Thursday morning.
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An officer with the Louisville Metro Police Department has filed a lawsuit against the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot by police in March as they conducted a search warrant.
Read More →The attorney representing the family of Walter Wallace Jr.—who was killed by police during a call for service of a mental health crisis—told reporters on Thursday that the officers involved should not be charged with murder.
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