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Two Officers Killed, Two Wounded in West Memphis, Ark.

Two West Memphis Police officers were killed and two other law enforcement officers, including Crittenden County Sheriff Dick Busby, were shot today after two suspects were pulled over on a drug interdiction stop around noon on Interstate 40 at Airport Road. The two suspects were shot dead.

May 19, 2010

Patrol

Off-Duty Chicago Officer Back From Iraq Killed During Motorcycle Theft

Thomas Wortham IV had returned from his second tour in Iraq. Wortham's father, a retired officer, attempted to help his son and shot two of the the attackers.

May 19, 2010

Special Units

LAPD SWAT Officer Killed While Serving in Afghanistan

The Los Angeles Police Department is mourning its first officer to be killed in combat in Afghanistan after a roadside bomb took the life of a highly regarded SWAT team member.

March 29, 2010

Patrol

St. Louis Officer Killed in Crash while Chasing Burglary Suspect

David Haynes, a 27-year-old St. Louis police officer with one year on the force, was killed this morning in a four-car crash at Kingshighway and Oleatha while pursuing a burglary suspect.

March 24, 2010

Patrol

Michigan Officer, Suspect Killed in Shootout During Domestic Call

Jackson Officer James Bonneau was killed. Blackman Township Public Safety Officer Darrin McIntosh was shot in the lower body and taken to Allegiance Health. His wound is not believed to be life threatening.

March 8, 2010

Patrol

Officer in Northern California Shootout Dies

Officer Javier Bejar, one of the victims in Thursday's officer-involved shooting in Minkler, Calif., has died. The member of the Reedley (Calif.) Police Department was taken off life support about 5:30 a.m., the department announced.

February 28, 2010

Patrol

Identities of Two Deputies Shot in Northern California Released

Fresno County (Calif.) Sheriff Margaret Mims has released the identities of the two deputies -- one of whom has died -- involved in Thursday's shooting in Minkler, the Fresno Bee reports.

February 25, 2010

Patrol

Wounded N.J. Officer Wakes From Induced Coma

The police officer who was shot Saturday evening after stopping a suspicious vehicle just blocks from headquarters has emerged from a medically induced coma and is “in and out” of consciousness, acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino said tonight.

February 1, 2010

Patrol

Massive Manhunt Launched After Shooting of N.J. Officer

Detailing the calamitous encounter, acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino today said several law enforcement agencies have formed a task force and launched a massive manhunt to find the people who shot Officer Gerald Veneziano. The officer remained hospitalized tonight in critical but stable condition at University Hospital in Newark.

January 31, 2010

Patrol

Suspect in Pa. Trooper Ambush Found Dead in Home

A Pennsylvania state trooper responding to a domestic dispute in a rural neighborhood in Venango County was shot and killed yesterday as he got out of his car, and the man believed to be responsible for the shooting and his wife were later found dead inside their home.

January 13, 2010

Patrol

State Trooper Ambushed and Killed in Pennsylvania

The shooting occurred after Trooper Paul G. Richey, 40, was called out to a domestic dispute at 11:34 today, along with Trooper Jason Whitman.

January 12, 2010

Patrol

Police Ambush Murders

Ambush murders are perhaps the cruelest and most inexplicable of law enforcement deaths. Often, they are not a means to an end, but an end in and of itself, an event consciously orchestrated with no purpose other than the killing of an officer.

January 4, 2010