A Pennsylvania state trooper was shot and wounded Tuesday afternoon by the subject of a welfare check and had to be airlifted from the scene.
A New Jersey police officer was killed in an hourslong standoff in a Jersey City, NJ, neighborhood Tuesday, investigators said. Three civilians and two suspects were also killed.
Law enforcement officials said deputies with the Sheriff’s Office “negated the threat."
A 19-year-old man confessed Tuesday to shooting and critically wounding Fort Lupton, CO, Sgt. Christopher Pelton in an impromptu ambush.
An officer with the Houston Police Department accidentally shot himself during training on Tuesday morning.
An officer with the Leesburg (FL) Police Department was injured during a gunfight with a suspect on Tuesday.
A 16-year-old Oshkosh (WI) West High School student stabbed a school resource officer before the officer opened fire on the teen Tuesday morning, according to Oshkosh Police Chief Dean Smith.
An officer with the Fort Lupton (CO) Police Department was critically wounded in a gunfight with a gunman who was attempting to make contact with an individual at a residence late Monday night.
Despite the suspect firing multiple rounds at the officers, law enforcement did not fire back out of concern a bullet could strike one of the innocent victims still inside the house. Sheriff Fuller said that decision allowed the suspect to be taken into custody alive.
An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department who was struck in the arm by gunfire on Friday evening is expected to be OK.