Tag: Hostage Situations: Page 4

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Video: Florida Deputies Rescue Woman, Kids During Domestic Shooting

The footage begins with a Volusia County Sheriff's deputy approaching the home while Rosado, his then-wife and their three children were still inside.

April 6, 2018

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French Police Officer Shot After Swapping Himself for Hostage, Officials Say

A French policeman was shot by a gunman Friday after swapping himself for a hostage in an apparent terror attack at a supermarket in the southwest town of Trebes.

March 23, 2018

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Texas Officer Mistakenly Shoots Man who Grabbed Gun from Hostage Taker

One or more officers fired shots at the student, who had wrested the gun away from the hostage-taker. The student was hit and taken to a local hospital by ambulance.

February 16, 2018

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Hostage-Taking Gunman Fires Shots from Reno High-Rise, Killed by Police

Police say shots were fired by the suspect within the condo and onto Sierra Street from the east side of an 8th floor unit. Police evacuated the downtown area and closed several streets, which have since been reopened.

November 29, 2017

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NY Family Paid $4.5 Million to Settle Lawsuits Over Police Shooting of Hostage

Andrea Rebello, 21, of Tarrytown, New York, was fatally shot by an officer during a botched home invasion that also killed the gunman.

November 28, 2017

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Houston SWAT Team Rescues 4-Year-Old, 2 Adults from Gunman in Apartment

A Houston SWAT team rescued three people, including a 4-year-old girl, from a southwest Houston apartment Thursday after a family member held them inside at gunpoint, police said.

November 17, 2017

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Video: Police Rescue Teacher Held Hostage at CA Elementary School

A SWAT team rescued a teacher being held hostage in the classroom of an elementary school in Riverside, CA, Tuesday after an hourslong standoff. The hostage taker was fatally shot.

November 1, 2017

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Parent Takes Teacher Hostage at CA Elementary School

A Riverside, CA, elementary school was evacuated Tuesday when an upset parent barricaded himself in a classroom with a teacher.

October 31, 2017

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Charleston Police Shoot Suspect, Ending Restaurant Hostage Incident

One person has died and a suspect has been shot by police and transported to a hospital after holding multiple people hostage for hours inside Virginia's on King restaurant in Charleston, SC.

August 24, 2017

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Video: Baltimore PD Releases Only Partial Body Cam Video

Baltimore police allowed the media to see police body camera video of the fatal shooting of a hostage suspect. Only a portion of the video is being released publicly Tuesday because police don't want to further traumatize the two children who police said were held at knifepoint by Reno Owens Jr. on Friday.

March 29, 2017

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Baltimore PD Releases Only Partial Body Cam Video of Fatal OIS

Baltimore police allowed the media to see police body camera video of the fatal shooting of a hostage suspect. Only a portion of the video is being released publicly Tuesday because police don't want to further traumatize the two children who police said were held at knifepoint by Reno Owens Jr. on Friday. More Here.

March 29, 2017

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Corrections Sgt. Found Dead After Police End Delaware Prison Hostage Standoff

Delaware State Police used a backhoe to breach a building at the state's largest prison early Thursday, ending what the governor called a "torturous" hostage standoff that left one guard dead.

February 2, 2017