Tag: Cop Killers: Page 5

Point of Law

Man Gets Death Sentence for Murder of Orlando Officer

Loyd was found guilty on five charges, including first-degree murder, in the shooting death of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton outside of a Walmart in January 2017 while he was on the run for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon, in December 2016.

March 4, 2022

Patrol

Biden Praises Rookie NYPD Officer Who Shot Cop Killer

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

Investigations

Denver Police Link 1981 Cop Killer to Serial Murders

The Denver Police Department revealed in a news conference on Friday morning that they have learned the man who killed an Aurora police officer more than four decades ago was a serial killer. Police said DNA evidence and genealogy helped investigators link the cold cases together.

February 1, 2022

Point of Law

Editorial: Crime and No Punishment

District attorneys in some cities have become advocates for emptying the jails and not for public safety.

January 28, 2022

Patrol

Suspect in Murder of TX Deputy Constable Has Been on Run 25 Years

Speaking to reporters, DA Kim Ogg described the suspect as a "professional criminal" who has been a fugitive for 25 years after a warrant was issued on an aggravated assault with a knife charge in Harris County. She said he is also wanted for murder in El Salvador

January 28, 2022

Patrol

TX Sets Execution Date for Convicted Cop Killer

According to the case, Carl Wayne Buntion was a passenger in a car pulled over by Officer James Irby on June 27, 1990. While Irby and the driver were talking, Buntion slipped out of the vehicle and shot Irby once in the head then shot him twice in the back.

January 12, 2022

Patrol

IL Prosecutor Wants Feds to Convict and Execute Suspects in Officer's Murder

The suspect Sullivan then chased Sgt. Rittmanic down the hallway and pinned her up against a door, prosecutors said. His gun became jammed at that point, and he began trying to unjam his own gun with his left hand while also trying to disarm Rittmanic with the other, prosecutors said.

January 3, 2022

Patrol

Man Convicted of Murdering First Female New York City Officer Killed on Duty Has Been Paroled

Cop-killer Darryl Jeter shot Officer Irma “Fran” Lozada, 25, twice in the head in 1984 after she and her partner chased him for stealing a straphanger’s chain on the L subway line in Brooklyn, the Police Benevolent Association said in a statement.

December 22, 2021

Patrol

Jury Recommends Death Penalty for Orlando Cop Killer

The 12-member jury deliberated for about five hours over two days on whether Markeith Loyd should be executed for Clayton’s slaying.

December 8, 2021

Patrol

Man Who Killed Colorado Officer Obsessed with Anti-Police Videos

The gunman’s family told investigators that he began to express hatred toward police nearly a decade ago and that since approximately 2015 he’d spend hours every day on YouTube watching videos about police and that’d he’d become “warped” by them, police interview transcripts show.

November 12, 2021

Patrol

Man Wanted for Killing GA Officer Kills Self Before Capture

The suspect barricaded himself in a room and investigators were within feet of him, police said. He then took his own life before being captured.

November 10, 2021

Patrol

Texas Cop Killer Dies in Prison Cell

Brandon Daniel, 33, was found unresponsive his bunk at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston at about 4:25 a.m. Saturday, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

November 1, 2021