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Texas Cop Shoots, Kills Suspect Who Choked Him

A Conroe (Texas) Police officer fatally shot a suspected shoplifter who had choked the officer in a fight in a wooded area outside a Wal-Mart on Wednesday.

July 31, 2013

Special Units

Video: Bizarre 911 Call Preceded Deadly SWAT Raid

A South Florida man who killed six people in a shooting spree at his apartment complex had called 911 hours earlier to report he was being followed and threatened by people doing witchcraft on him.

July 31, 2013

Patrol

Video: Texas Cop Rammed with Stolen Truck

A fleeing suspect rammed a Eustace (Texas) Police officer Saturday with a stolen truck and was later shot and killed by an off-duty Garland Police officer working security at a Wal-Mart.

July 30, 2013

Patrol

Texas Police Enter Wrong House, Kill Armed Homeowner

Two Fort Worth Police officers who fatally shot an armed homeowner told investigators that poor lighting caused them to go to the wrong house while investigating a burglary call.

July 29, 2013

Training

Fla. Officers Cleared In Schizophrenic Man's Death

A Broward County, Fla., grand jury has exonerated four Lauderhill Police officers who shot and killed a knife-wielding schizophrenic man at his front door two years ago.

July 25, 2013

Special Units

W.Va. Deputies Shot In Standoff, Suspect Killed

Two Nicholas County (W.Va.) Sheriff's deputies were shot and wounded Saturday when they responded to a dispute between neighbors, leading to a four-hour standoff that ended when the suspect was fatally shot by police.

July 7, 2013

Patrol

Video: Cop Uses Deadly Force on Child Hostage Taker

Midwest City (Okla.) Police Chief Brandon Clabes praised the officer who saved a child by using deadly force on the man who took her hostage in a Wal-Mart in mid-June.

June 30, 2013

Patrol

Deadly Force On Child Hostage Taker at Wal-Mart

A Midwest City (Okla.) Police officer shot and killed a man who had taken a child hostage at Wal-Mart in mid-June. Video of the encounter shows the suspect holding a knife to the child's throat. Read the full story here.

June 30, 2013

Special Units

Tenn. Cop Recovering from Shootout with Bipolar Man

A Knox County (Tenn.) Sheriff's SWAT officer will need additional surgeries while recovering from wounds he suffered in a shootout in a mobile home with a bipolar suspect.

June 23, 2013

Patrol

Okla. Cop Kills Hostage-Taker, Saves Toddler

A man was shot and killed by a Midwest City (Okla.) Police officer Monday afternoon after holding a toddler hostage for more than half an hour inside a grocery store, authorities said.

June 17, 2013

Patrol

Shots Fired: Carbondale, Illinois 01/29/2007

When Officer John Doogan and his partner arrived at the cottage house on Beveridge Street, all they knew was that it was a domestic call and that such calls took all shapes and forms. Neither officer knew just how out of control things had gotten before their arrival and how bad things were about to get.

June 13, 2013

Training

Troubled Ex-Cop Killed In Ga. Evidence Room

A former Sardis (Ga.) Police officer once nicknamed "Robocop" was fatally shot by a current officer early Monday after he was found in the station's evidence room wielding an ax.

June 10, 2013