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Tag: Welfare Checks
Patrol
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
Patrol
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
Home
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
Patrol
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
Patrol
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
Patrol
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
Patrol
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
Patrol
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
Patrol
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
Patrol
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
Patrol
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
Patrol
Man Holding Hypodermic Needle Reportedly Lunges at New Jersey Officer
A New Jersey man holding a hypodermic needle and who appeared to be impaired reportedly lunged at officers responding to calls to check on the man's welfare.
August 28, 2019
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