When officers in New Orleans exchanged gunfire with an armed robbery suspect on Sunday night, at least five people waiting at a bus stop were caught in the crossfire.
A 25-year-old Maryland man will very probably live the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced on Thursday to 195 years in prison.
A Meridian (ID) police officer who was wounded in a gun battle over the weekend is in good condition.
Two Chicago police officers were shot while exchanging gunfire with a man on the Far South Side at about 11:30 p.m. Friday, according to police.
The man authorities say killed 12 people in Monday's Washington Navy Yard rampage had a history of mental illness and reportedly told people he was hearing voices.
The officers, members of the Drug Control Unit, suffered gunshot wounds to the legs during the gun battle at 1:45 p.m. near Dorchester Avenue and Shepton Street. Officers returned fire, killing the suspect.
The two sergeants and six officers of the Watertown (Mass.) Police Department who engaged the Tsarnaev brothers during the manhunt following the Boston Marathon bombing gave a minute-to-minute account to the New York Post.
A fugitive sex offender fatally shot a Texas deputy serving a warrant and later wounded a municipal officer in a city hall shootout that also left the suspect dead.
The surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect scrawled a note on the cabin wall of the boat where he was captured claiming responsibility for the attacks and expressing his desire to join his dead brother in a Muslim paradise.
A California Highway Patrol officer was shot in the leg during a gun battle with murder suspects at the end of a high-speed pursuit in San Bernardino County on Thursday.