Tag: Welfare Checks

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Suspect Dies in PIT Maneuver Crash During Georgia Pursuit

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says the chase started in Columbia County after deputies performed a welfare check on a man asleep behind the wheel of a vehicle in a Krystal restaurant parking lot.

April 1, 2025

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Deputies Were Sent to Contact Maine Mass Shooter Weeks Before Attack

Deputies from the Sagadahoc County and Kennebec County Sheriff’s Offices responded and tried to contact the shooter on September 16, less than six weeks before last Wednesday’s massacres in a bowling alley and a bar.

October 30, 2023

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Florida Deputy Dies from Medical Event While Hunting

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office reported it received a request for a welfare check from the deputy’s wife Saturday night.

October 30, 2023

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AL Deputies Shot During Welfare Check

As they searched the house, deputies made contact with an adult male in an upstairs bathroom.

March 22, 2023

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Kansas Officer Critically Wounded During Welfare Check

Officers responded to a welfare check call around 10:15 p.m. Two officers arrived at the home where “two females” were inside the house when a suspect inside an out building at the home started shooting at the officers.

June 21, 2021

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2 NC Deputies Ambushed and Killed During Welfare Check

When arriving on the scene, deputies found all vehicles of those they were trying to contact parked at the residence. Once deputies went into the home, an unknown person fired shots toward the deputies, striking two of them.

April 29, 2021

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2 NC Deputies Shot During Welfare Check, Standoff in Progress

Deputies proceeded to enter the home after discovering all vehicles belonging to the residents were on the property. Upon entering the home, deputies received gunfire from an unknown individual within the residence. Two deputies were hit.

April 28, 2021

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Video: Ohio Deputy's Welfare Check Ends in Point Blank Gunfight

The video -- taken by a doorbell camera -- shows Deputy Sara Vaught on Feb. 15 knocking on the door of a residence before an individual opened the door, produced a handgun and shot. The bullet narrowly missed Vaught before she returned five rounds.

March 3, 2021

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Florida Officer Shot While Making a Welfare Check

An officer with the Lake City (FL) Police Department was shot while making a welfare check at a home that had been recently struck by bullets.

July 28, 2020

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Arizona Deputies Bring Elderly Man Groceries, Repair His Home

Deputies with the Maricopa (AZ) Sheriff's Office who conducted a welfare check on an elderly gentleman went out of their way to help him by repairing his home and bringing him groceries Friday.

January 20, 2020

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Pennsylvania State Trooper Shot, Wounded at Welfare Check

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.

December 10, 2019

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Texas Officer Resigns After Fatal Shooting of Woman in Her Home

Police Chief Ed Kraus said he intended to fire Officer Aaron Dean, who had been on the force since April 2018, on Monday morning, but Dean resigned first.

October 14, 2019