A call for more training in the aftermath of the shooting death of a suicidal subject is an understandable reaction. The only logical next step, however, is to provide police departments with the resources necessary to fulfill that request.
Deputy Blane Lane had taken a “tactical position” outside of the suspect’s mobile home. Two other deputies had confronted the suspect who pointed a pistol at them.
Rob Davis said his son had an Airsoft gun. "It looks like a gun," Davis said. "You would never be able to tell the difference.”
Julianna Kinnard's father, Joshua Kinnard, was a detention officer with the MCSO who was killed in a tragic officer-involved shooting in 2018.
His prognosis has improved, according to Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay.
While chasing the suspect, one of the officers was shot in her hand as he positioned himself in a first-floor window, prosecutors said.
In late July, "Scott's mother called HCSO when he left a note at her home claiming he wanted to die via suicide by cop," the sheriff's office said.
Accept the fact that a suicide-by-cop incident could happen to you on any call on every shift you work.
An armed man was fatally shot by officers with the Omaha (NE) Police Department during a domestic call on Tuesday evening.
A deputy with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office was wounded in a gunfight with a suspect during a call of a suicidal subject at a home on Wednesday afternoon.
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