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Las Vegas Officer 'Had No Other Option' Than Shoot Man Pointing Gun

A Metro Police sergeant pleaded with a man to drop a gun, later determined to be fake, several times before shooting him Monday night. The suspect is recovering.

March 4, 2016

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Virginia Man Fatally Shot by Police After Being Tased Twice

An 18-year-old man was shot and killed Friday night by Roanoke County, VA, police after a series of interactions that ended when police said he turned toward officers with what turned out to be a BB gun in his hand.

March 1, 2016

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Man Photographing Illinois Schools while Carrying Replica Gun Fatally Shot by Police

A man wearing a homemade tactical-style—but not bullet resistant--vest and carrying an Airsoft BB gun was fatally shot after he led police on a chase that ended in a struggle in a Zion, IL, alley Wednesday morning, Lake County authorities said.

January 7, 2016

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No Charges for Cleveland Officers in Tamir Rice Case

An Ohio grand jury has decided not to return an indictment in the 2014 police shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

December 28, 2015

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Video: Suspect Shot Trying to Rob Plainclothes NYPD Detective

According to NYPD Chief of Detectives, several individuals approached the detective on the street and tried to rob him of his cell phone at gun point.

November 9, 2015

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Los Angeles Pays $15 Million to Settle Case of Teen Shot by Police While Brandishing Pellet Gun

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to spend $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a teen who was paralyzed in a police shooting, struck with a single shot after an officer said he mistook a pellet gun for a real firearm.

August 13, 2015

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New York Cracking Down on Toy Gun Sales

The state of New York is cracking down on the sale of realistic-looking toy guns as five major retailers have agreed to pull the items from their shelves.

August 4, 2015

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FBI Reviewing 2013 Florida Police Shooting of Man Carrying Air Rifle

The FBI has opened an investigation into the 2013 death of Jermaine McBean, a Florida man who was shot by police while walking home with an unloaded air rifle, a court filing shows.

July 9, 2015

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No Civil Rights Charges Against California Deputy Who Shot Replica Gun-Carrying Teen

The U.S. Justice Department announced late Wednesday that it will not file criminal charges against a Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy who shot 13-year-old Andy Lopez, ending a federal civil rights investigation into the 2013 shooting.

July 2, 2015

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Tamir Rice Investigation Report Released

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office released a redacted account of the investigation on Saturday. The 224-page report, compiled by Sheriff's Department investigators, offers no determination as to whether the Nov. 22, 2014 shooting was justified.

June 15, 2015

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Video: Cleveland Blames Boy for Own Death, Then Apologizes

Mayor Frank Jackson of Cleveland apologized for the language in the city's response to the civil lawsuit filed by the family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Jackson called the document's phrasing inappropriate and insensitive to Rice and his family.

March 2, 2015

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Real Gun? Toy Gun? What happens When Lawyers Without Law Enforcement Experience Write Gun Laws

Last September, after a two-month undercover operation, Police in San Leandro raided a home where they seized more than 500 marijuana plants, eight pounds of processed pot, $45,000 in drug money and two assault rifles that had been made to resemble toy guns.

February 27, 2015