Police said the man then pointed what was believed to be a handgun into the air before lowering it toward officers. Two officers fired their duty weapons and struck the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
February 9, 2022
While being dragged, the deputy reportedly drew his duty pistol and shot the driver. The deputy was then thrown from the vehicle, which continued on until it hit a tree.
February 7, 2022
President Joe Biden led a standing ovation Thursday for the rookie NYPD officer who shot and killed the career criminal who murdered Officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora.
February 3, 2022
The injured Anne Arundel County officer involved in a fatal shooting Sunday remains hospitalized with serious head and other injuries sustained while responding to the family violence call.
February 1, 2022
The encounter began shortly before 2 p.m. local time, when a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper first spotted the man on the shoulder of the interstate. Officers tried for about a half-hour to deescalate the situation. They pleaded with the man to drop the box cutter and keep his hands in sight.
January 28, 2022
Aldermen declined Monday to pay a woman $125,000 to settle the lawsuit she filed after Chicago police officers fatally shot her son in her home in 2013 when she called for help because he was threatening her with a knife.
January 25, 2022
The wounded NYPD officer who survived Friday night’s Harlem shooting that killed a fellow officer is reported to be fighting for his life. Sunday, fellow officers lined the street to honor Officer Jason Rivera, 22, who was killed in the same shooting.
January 24, 2022
Sharon Hill police officers Devon Smith, 34, Sean Dolan, 25, and Brian Devaney, 41, were hit with a total of 12 counts of voluntary and involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment, the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.
January 19, 2022
“He’s going into houses, Jim. We’ve gotta do something now,” one officer declares as he races after the vehicle. Footage from Vineland Police Sgt. Louis Platania’s body camera shows him exit his car and run toward the backhoe.
January 14, 2022
Of the 37 shootings last year, about 40% of the suspects had a firearm. The remaining 22 suspects had objects classified as weapons by the department, including edged weapons, vehicles and bike locks.
January 13, 2022
Chief Marcus Jones said the suspect then exited the vehicle with a handgun and began firing at the four officers, who returned fire.
December 29, 2021
Witnesses said the suspect flipped a patrol vehicle and an ambulance, crashed into another patrol vehicle, damaged privately owned vehicles, and even damaged some homes.
December 20, 2021
The incident began at 8:33 p.m. when the city's Police Communications Center received a call about a "shirtless white male" firing a gun in front of the police station.
December 9, 2021
Officer Thadeu Holloway was loaded into another officer’s cruiser and taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he was in stable condition Wednesday afternoon.
September 22, 2021
According to police, 41-year-old Christopher Moore came into the parking lot, set fire to a police vehicle and assaulted an officer.
August 30, 2021
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