Newly released dashcam video shows an incident over the weekend in which 29-year-old Luis Cobos-Cenobio—reportedly an illegal immigrant—opened fire on Corporal Brett Thompson of the Washington County (AR) Sheriff's Office. According to Fox News, Corporal Thompson tried to initiate a traffic stop in Tontitown, located just outside Fayetteville. More Here.
November 15, 2018
Officer Jeremy Durocher of the Portsmouth (VA) Police Department has been charged with aggravated malicious wounding—and a related firearms charge—for an officer-involved shooting that occurred in October 2017. Body camera footage reveals that Durocher repeatedly shouted to other responding officers, "He has a gun! He has a gun!" before the shooting.
November 2, 2018
Prosecutors have determined that two officers with the San Jose (CA) Police Department were justified in fatally shooting an ax-wielding man in January 2018, according to the Mercury News. The man—identified as 27-year-old Thompson Nguyen—had been seen waving the weapon at a power facility in a rural area near downtown. More Here.
October 31, 2018
An officer with the Houston (TX) Police Department is either incredibly lucky, or incredibly good. Surveillance camera footage shows the officer shooting at an armed man at a gas station on Saturday night—the gun then flies from the suspect's hand.
October 4, 2018
The Los Angeles Police Department has released video on YouTube from a July shooting at a traffic stop that left an officer with a gunshot wound to her leg. The agency released the 10-minute video under a new policy that requires such recordings to be made public within 45 days of an officer-involved shooting. More here.
September 11, 2018
Video of a harrowing incident involving a Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper that occurred in February has just been released. The trooper and a suspect exchanged gunfire following a brief pursuit. The suspect—later identified as 33-year-old Ernest Manuel Montelongo—subsequently died. The trooper is "recovering and doing well," according to KSAT-TV. More here.
September 3, 2018
Trooper Ryan Seiple — who pulled Clary over for speeding in Plainfield Township — was critically wounded in the incident. Kelly suffered a severed femoral artery in the shooting and spent 25 days in the hospital after nearly bleeding to death.
August 10, 2018
A deputy with the Volusia County (FL) Sheriff's Office responding to a domestic violence call in Seville on Friday evening shot and killed a suspect who grabbed the deputy's TASER during a struggle. The deputy's body camera captured footage of the entire incident. More here.
August 7, 2018
Despite the fact that Sacramento police have not released the names of the two officers who opened fire on Stephon Clark in March, one of the two officers who were reportedly in that fatal shooting was confronted by Black Lives Matter protesters on his wedding day. More here.
August 7, 2018
A man suspected of stabbing his wife withstood beanbag rounds, a TASER deployment, and numerous gunshots but kept coming at officers, according to body camera footage released by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). More here.
August 6, 2018
Chief Chad Henson of the the Trumann (AR) Police Department was injured in a shooting while responding to a call for help at the home of a man named Johnny Kelley. Kelley reportedly began started shooting at Chief Henson when Henson arrived to the scene. Henson returned fire, killing Kelley, according to Arkansas State Police. More here.
August 6, 2018
Despite the fact that an Incident Review Board cleared all three officers of any wrongdoing — saying that all officers involved had performed within Huntsville Police Department policies, procedures, and training — Madison County District Attorney Robert Broussard decided to present the case to a grand jury. More here.
August 6, 2018
A suspect who had reportedly just shot and killed a victim at a Prince George’s County (MD) liquor store was shot to death by an officer who happened to be in his patrol vehicle right outside the scene of the crime at the time.
August 2, 2018
Cumberland County (NJ) prosecutors released bodycam footage of an encounter on Saturday between Vineland police and a man who claimed to be holding a bomb. More here.
July 20, 2018
Las Vegas Metro Police released body camera footage of a police pursuit of two suspects who allegedly fled after a July 11 traffic stop conducted by cops investigating the murder of a man near a car wash.
July 17, 2018