Tag: Mentally Ill Subjects: Page 11

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Neb. Man Used Son As Shield In Fatal OIS

Omaha (Neb.) Police officers fatally shot a 31-year-old man who used one of his 3-year-old twins as a shield while pointing a shotgun at responding officers.

January 2, 2013

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A Whole Village to Raise…Only One Madman To Destroy

I often wondered if the school would begrudge my occasionally sitting in some unoccupied office as I wrote for POLICE. And I had every reason to suspect that other officers would be willing to stop by the school and lend an unsubsidized vigil.

December 19, 2012

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Video: Fatal Cleveland Pursuit Suspect Arrested Dozens of Times

One of the two suspects who died in a hail of police gunfire in East Cleveland was a familiar face to officers due to some 50 contacts with police dating back to 2001.

December 5, 2012

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Suspect Attempts 'Triangle Choke' On Maine Officer

A Bangor (Maine) Police officer defeated a martial arts move to arrest a domestic violence suspect on Monday afternoon.

December 3, 2012

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Ala. Deputy Shot, Killed by Emotionally Disturbed Man

A Baldwin County (Ala.) Sheriff's deputy was fatally shot Friday afternoon, after responding to a domestic dispute involving an emotionally disturbed man.

November 24, 2012

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Suspected Freeway Shooter Arrested In Mich.

The mother of I-96 corridor shooting suspect Raulie Wayne Casteel, who was arrested at his in-laws' Wixom home Monday night, says she was worried her son was mentally ill and tried to get him help.

November 6, 2012

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Portland Police Reforms Include Civilian Oversight Board

The Portland Police Bureau will establish a crisis intervention team and civilian oversight committee under a settlement agreement with the federal Department of Justice.

October 29, 2012

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A Flash of Metal: Edged Weapon Attacks

A Houston Police officer who shot a wheelchair-bound man who had attacked him with a pen has been roasted by media outlets who fail to grasp the dangers of edged weapons.

October 2, 2012

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Student Wanted To Kill Officer To Join Hells Angels

A North Carolina State University student was involuntarily committed last month at the V.A. Hospital in Durham after telling campus police he planned to go on a killing spree, according to a court document.

August 28, 2012

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Holmes Told Peer He Was 'Bad News' Prior To Shooting

Former University of Colorado graduate student and accused mass murderer James Holmes sent a text message to one of his peers in July, asking her if she had heard of dysphoric mania.

August 26, 2012

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Texas Killer Was 'Crazy As Hell,' Family Says

Family members and acquaintances of the man who ambushed a constable and engaged SWAT officers in a 30-minute firefight described him as a "ticking time bomb" and "crazy as hell."

August 13, 2012

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N.J. SWAT Team Subdues Suicidal Intestine Tosser

Tactical officers who arrived on the scene went off the playbook, after several attempts to subdue him with less-lethal force weren't successful. Officers used pepper spray, sprayed his face with water from a fire extinguisher, and fired 13 40mm "sponge rounds" at Wayne Carter.

June 3, 2012