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Newsby Staff WriterApril 19, 2011

Michigan Officer Killed by Suicidal Suspect

A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer responding to a shots-fired call was shot and killed when he confronted a fleeing suspect between two houses.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 10, 2011

Texas Sgt. Who Lost Eye In Shotgun Blast Recounts Encounter

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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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 28, 2011

N.J. Sgt. Fatally Shot After Firing Subgun at Officers

Sgt. David Powell, a 22-year veteran of the force, had earlier been called to the station after a report that he violated a restraining order. He was recently divorced from his second wife.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 21, 2011

Former S.C. SWAT Officer Shot by Former Colleague

Craig Brewster Thompson, 43, apparently committed "suicide by cop" after emerging at 3 a.m. Friday from the house where he had been keeping his 4-year-old twin daughters hostage for nearly four hours.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 24, 2011

Detroit Police Station Shooter Wanted Suicide by Cop

Lamar Deshea Moore, 38, had been implicated in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a runaway teenage girl, when he opened fire on officers inside Northwestern station.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 29, 2010

Dallas Officer Wounded by Reportedly Suicidal Shooter

A witness to a shootout that left a Dallas police officer wounded and the gunman dead Sunday night at a Pleasant Grove apartment complex says he thinks the gunman wanted to die.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 4, 2010

Knife-Wielding Man Killed by NYPD After Pulling Out TASER Probes

Emmanuel Paulino, 24, shrugged off the TASER darts that cops first used outside his Inwood apartment building and lunged at officers, who fired at least nine times, killing him, police said.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleApril 30, 2010

Suicide by Cop

When a person jumps to his death, we don't persecute the sidewalk, but time and again, society will blame the cop.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2010

Suicidal Gunman Killed by Georgia SWAT Team

Douglas Scott Pilcher, 47, reportedly was armed with several weapons inside his home, threatened suicide and fired several shots at authorities before a Paulding County officer fired a shot back and wounded him.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 26, 2010

Machete-Wielding Man Told Doctor He Would 'Take Out' Officers

SF Chief Gascon released a voice recording 65-year-old Edward Smith left for his physician before being shot by an officer outside his home. Smith had ignored verbal commands to stop advancing toward the two officers with a machete.

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