
The Los Angeles City Council agreed Tuesday to pay more than $8 million to settle lawsuits filed by relatives of three men who were shot and killed by LAPD officers.
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A Nevada high school student who was shot by a resource officer Wednesday was armed with at least one knife and was threatening others, which prompted the officer to raise his weapon, police said.
Read More →A judge declared a mistrial Monday afternoon in the fatal shooting of a man by a South Carolina former patrolman, after the jury said they could not come to a unanimous verdict.
Read More →Attorneys for the city of Los Angeles have agreed to pay $4 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed homeless man fatally shot by an LAPD officer in Venice Beach, CA, court records show.
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A police officer who was shot while responding to a break-in call at an apartment Wednesday afternoon was hit by a round fired by another Raleigh, NC, police officer, according to the police department.
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Two Tucson, AZ, police officers attempting to arrest a man on an aggravated assault warrant were shot when they exchanged gunfire with the suspect, who was killed.
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Mecklenburg County, NC, district attorney Andrew Murray said Wednesday morning that Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Brentley Vinson acted lawfully when he shot and killed Keith Scott in a case that touched off several nights of riots and protests in the city. No charges will be filed against the officer.
Read More →Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has vetoed a bill that would have tried to stop the quick release of the names of any police officers involved in a shooting or other use-of-force incident that resulted in death or serious injury.
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A robbery suspect exited a convenience store in La Mirada, CA, and opened fire on an L.A. County SWAT team early Tuesday morning, prompting deputies to return fire, fatally shooting him, authorities said.
Read More →Two NYPD officers shot to death a 21-year-old man who attacked them with one of their own collapsible batons during a skirmish in a Brooklyn housing project Saturday, officials said.
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