An officer with the Savanna (IL) Police Department was taken to the hospital after a man who was reportedly harboring a fugitive attacked officers attempting to arrest the wanted man.
Police sources said the suspect is listed in critical condition and was shot eight times.
“Some of the guys did not have tactical experience to be, you know, on the situation. You know, as high stress as something like that is,” Morales told investigators.
A K-9 with the Kitsap County (WA) Sheriff's Office was instrumental in locating a suspect who fled police on foot into a wooded area in that state.
They arrested 25 people wanted for homicide or attempted homicide, 74 people wanted for assault and 27 people wanted for drug crimes. Authorities say they recovered 140 grams of heroin, 106 grams of cocaine and $50,000 in cash in the three weeks.
Oklahoma police are searching for an escaped inmate from Missouri who slipped the grip of authorities who had captured him in Oklahoma after he allegedly kidnapped a woman.
According to Fox News, 30-year-old Officer Sean Tuder was shot and killed on Sunday afternoon as a group of officers attempted to arrest 19-year-old Marco Perez, who had reportedly faked his own kidnapping to avoid being taken to jail earlier in the week.
An officer with the Gilbert (AZ) Police Department was on his department mountain bike when a suspect attempting to flee police struck him, tossing him from the bike.
According to a statement posted to the Shreveport Police Department Facebook page, three suspects now face charges of second-degree murder. One of them was Officer Payne's boyfriend.
The five-year veteran was transported to a nearby hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.