Portland police had agreed not to force the family to leave the “Red House on Mississippi” while negotiations were ongoing — as long as the street was cleared by Monday night.
Occupiers appear determined to hold the police at bay, stockpiling homemade shields and other defensive gear. They have piled up rocks and bricks, and they’ve laid down homemade spike strips to puncture the tires of any vehicles that breach the barricades.
An officer with the Grand Forks (ND) Police Department was shot and killed and a deputy with the Grand Forks County Sheriff's Office was wounded during an eviction Wednesday afternoon.
The slain deputy was struck in the chest after the suspect fired multiple shots.The suspect was killed at the scene after deputies returned fire. No other deputies were injured during the incident.
In the wake of the shooting, the suspect then allegedly set fire to the home. Flames spread quickly to several nearby homes. At least four homes have been destroyed.
“Unfortunately, a struggle ensued,” Foley said. “At this point, we believe the suspect produced a knife, grabbed the officer in a headlock, and stabbed her in the throat, likely multiple times.”
A Logan County, OK, deputy was shot and killed serving an eviction notice Tuesday morning. The suspect fled but is now in custody.
Wednesday morning Carrigan handed Thomas a black-and-gray Platte Canyon High School ballcap as a thank-you for Thomas' support of the school's sports teams. Then he headed out on the job.
Three Park County (CO) Sheriff's deputies were shot, one was killed, while serving an eviction notice in Bailey on Wednesday morning.
A constable serving an eviction order at a central Pennsylvania apartment fired at an armed tenant but the bullet passed through the man's arm and fatally struck his 12-year-old daughter, authorities said.