Akron police officers opened fire with a 7 second barrage of dozens of gunshots after chasing down Jayland Walker last week, killing the 25-year old unarmed Black man in a parking lot. The shooting prompted protests and calls for accountability in the northeastern Ohio city, and on Sunday, city officials released body camera footage from …
Two police officers were killed and five other people wounded Thursday night when police tried to serve a warrant in eastern Kentucky’s Floyd County. The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office said that Deputy William Petry, a retired state trooper, and Prestonburg Police Captain Ralph Frasure were killed. Kentucky State Police said three wounded police officers remain …
An Alabama sheriff’s deputy has died after he and another deputy were shot while trying to arrest a suspect in a stolen vehicle Wednesday afternoon in Bibb County. Bibb County District Attorney Michael Jackson said that Deputy Brad Johnson, 32, died Thursday, WBRC reported. Johnson and Investigator Chris Poole were shot while trying to apprehend …
Sheriff’s deputies chased a suspect who had taken two women hostage through three Florida counties Saturday night, ending in a crash and a shootout that left the suspect dead. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as 42-year-old Curtis Kimbrough, who they said “had a lengthy felony record” and had been recently released from …
Vermont State troopers last week ran into an unusual situation when they went to arrest a suspect for an assault and burglary: The suspect’s father came at them with a construction excavator. State police said that both parents intervened in an attempt to prevent the arrest of their son. Dash cam video from one of …
A Kentucky deputy who was killed last month was fatally shot by a suspect he allowed to take a smoke break, investigators said. Gary Rowland, 30, used a hidden gun to kill Calloway County Chief Deputy Jody Cash on May 16. Rowland had been arrested for absconding from parole and drug and firearm-related charges and …
Police in Tempe, Arizona, are coming under fire after a man drowned in a lake, and officers watching him allegedly did nothing to help, despite desperate pleas from the man and his wife, KPHO-TV reports. Shortly after 5 a.m. on May 28, police were dispatched to a report of a disturbance between 34-year-old Sean Bickings …
A deputy and a suspect were killed in a West Virginia shootout Friday afternoon after the deputy and his partner responded to a call about a domestic disturbance just before 8 p.m. on Friday. Nicholas County Sheriff’s deputies contacted suspects Ritchie Holcomb, 36, and Tyler Kelly, 28, in a camper. The two came out of …
Police in five Massachusetts cities are warning about a man who is vandalizing vehicles and then offering to help women who’ve been left stranded by the vandalization. WFXT reports that incidents have taken place in Franklin, Holliston, Milford, Medway, and Bellingham, all southwest of Boston. Bellingham and Milford police described a suspect as an Asian …
A Florida sheriff’s deputy will be charged with a misdemeanor for firing a taser at a suspect that sparked a massive fireball and left the suspect with burns over 75 percent of his body. Osceola County Deputy David Crawford was also injured in the February 27 inferno, although he has long since been released from …
A Michigan auxiliary officer with live ammunition loaded into a service weapon shot and wounded a civilian role-player during a training exercise on Sunday. Michigan State Police said that Taylor Police auxiliary officers were conducting a vehicle take-down exercise at a local park when one of the officers fired a service weapon, according to WJBK. …
A South Carolina police officer was shot and killed while responded to a call about a domestic disturbance early Sunday morning. The Cayce Police Department said the suspect took his own life after a seven-hour standoff, WLTX reported. Police identified the slain officer as Roy Andrew “Drew” Barr, 28, saying he had been with the …
