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Video: MO Deputies Struggle with Gunman to Prevent Suicide by Cop

“The front door was opening with the muzzle of a weapon behind it. I grabbed a hold of the muzzle pushing it away and wrapped around the guy and we started to wrestle with the gun. It went off. I had yelled for my partner and he’d come running,” Brickner said.

October 27, 2017

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

If you respond to a call involving a suicidal person who's not
endangering anyone else, it might be best to not intervene.

October 16, 2017

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2 Officers Injured in Rioting at Georgia Tech, 3 Suspects Charged

Two officers were injured and three people face charges after rioting broke out at Georgia Tech following a vigil for a student fatally shot by officers, a university spokesman said Tuesday.

September 19, 2017

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Jury Awards WI Family $7 Million Over Fatal Police Shooting of Suicidal Woman

A jury found two Madison, WI, police officers used "unreasonable force" when they shot and killed a 26-year-old woman who was pointing a gun at her head during a 2014 incident. The jury also awarded her family $7 million in damages following the Thursday verdict.

July 14, 2017

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Arkansas Chief Shot Trying to Disarm Suicidal Subject

Booneville (AR) Police Chief Albert Brown was recovering Wednesday from a leg wound he suffered when he was shot while responding to a call that a man was suicidal.

April 27, 2017

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Retired Las Vegas Lieutenant Reunites with Woman He Helped Save from Suicide by Cop

More than 15 years after a Las Vegas police officer made a life-saving decision, he reunited with the veteran he helped save.

March 6, 2017

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Video: Retired Las Vegas Lieutenant Reunites with Woman He Helped Save from Suicide by Cop

More than 15 years after a Las Vegas police officer made a life-saving decision, he reunited with the veteran he helped save.

March 6, 2017

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CA Officers and Behavioral Health Specialists Prevent "Suicide by Cop"

A collaboration between Rialto, CA, police and the San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health Monday helped de-escalate a situation where police say a man was threatening “suicide by cop.”

November 10, 2016

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Texas Deputy Wounded in Gunfight with “Suicidal” Subject

A Comal County, TX, deputy and a man described by law enforcement officials as "suicidal" were wounded in an exchange of gunfire Thursday night in Bulverde.

June 24, 2016

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Baltimore Officer Shoots Suspect in Attempted 'Suicide by Cop'

A young Baltimore police officer followed his training when he shot through the window of his patrol car at a suspect who was pointing a gun at him Sunday morning in what is now believed to be an attempted suicide by cop incident, said the police commissioner.

May 2, 2016

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Video: Maryland Officer's Death Believed Caused by Another Officer's Round

A Washington, D.C.-area police officer is believed to have died from a round fired by another officer in a shooting brought on by a Maryland man's attempt at a filmed suicide by cop, police said Monday.

March 14, 2016

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Maryland Officer's Death Believed Caused by Another Officer's Round

A Washington, D.C.-area police officer is believed to have died from a round fired by another officer in a shooting brought on by a Maryland man's attempt at a filmed suicide by cop, police said Monday. More Here.

March 14, 2016