The wounded officer, whose name has not yet been released by the department, was taken to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse for treatment. He was released after treatment.
A former Puerto Rican police officer reportedly shot and killed his 33-year-old wife before turning a gun on himself during a standoff with police in Florida on Wednesday.
The man abducted the woman, forcing her into his car. He then drove her to another residence. After a four-hour standoff in which Utica police, Oneida County sheriff’s deputies and state police tried to communicate with the man, police entered the residence and found the two dead, said Utica Lt. Bryan Coromato.
Sheriff Grinnell said at one point, the SWAT team was about 7 to 10 yards from Colvin and only the pilot who had spotted the armed suspect in the woods was able to see him.
A gunman who barricaded himself inside his house after shooting a Pennsylvania State Police trooper was shot and killed after a 14-hour standoff.
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.
Two officers with the Phoenix Police Department were injured during a standoff with a man who had "pistol whipped" a 69-year-old woman and threatened other residents in a home on Sunday night.
A K-9 with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department is expected to recover after being stabbed while taking down a suspect involved in a standoff situation on Saturday.
An officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was wounded by gunfire during a standoff situation late last week.
An Illinois State Police trooper was shot and suffered life-threatening injuries executing a search warrant in East St. Louis early Friday, leading to a standoff at a house in a residential neighborhood.