The man then got into the empty police car, turned it around and drove toward officers, he said. The man struck and killed one of his family members who was in the road. She had come to the scene to try to help “de-escalate the situation,” according to Hector Velez, the interim police chief in Prince George’s County.
Responding officers discovered the man had three knives and was making aggressive movements toward them, police say. Multiple officers and a K-9 were called to the scene
Officers with the Moore (OK) Police Department used an electronic control device (ECD) to end a potentially deadly confrontation with a man armed with a sword.
A gunman fired on a sergeant who had responded to a home following a call of a suicidal subject armed with a gun, striking the sergeant's patrol car several times.
An officer with the Waukesha (WI) Police Department was reportedly shot during response to a domestic abuse incident during which one man was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
An officer with the San Diego Police Department is being heralded as a hero for saving two toddlers from a vehicle that was driven by their father over a cliff near the Coronado Bridge on Saturday morning.
A Wisconsin man reportedly died by suicide during a struggle with an officer with the Caldonia (WI) Police Department on Monday morning.
The officers rushed to the bridge, approached the woman and quickly grabbed her clothing through the chain-linked fence.
A Utah man accused of murdering his girlfriend earlier this week then reportedly opened fire on responding officers before eventually shooting himself in the face.
A New Jersey officer found and rescued a suicidal woman who survived an overnight leap from a bridge and suffered serious injuries.