Newly released dashcam video of a police confrontation with Philando Castile reveals that Castile and his passenger told the Minnesota police officer who pulled Castile over that the now-deceased man was not reaching for his gun before the officer fired seven shots in rapid succession, killing Castile. On Friday, St. Anthony Police officer Jeronimo Yanez was …
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ERIK SCHELZIG, Associated Press SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two escaped inmates sought in the killings of two guards on a Georgia prison bus were captured after a chase and being held at gunpoint by a rural Tennessee homeowner whose vehicle they were trying to steal, authorities said. Donnie Rowe and Ricky Dubose …
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The search for two Georgia inmates sought in the killing of their guards during an escape from a prison bus went into its third day Thursday and the scope of the manhunt is expanding. Authorities do not know whether Donnie Rowe and Ricky Dubose are still in Georgia …
The attackers stabbed him in the face
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Newly released video from bodycams on officers responding to a mass shooting at a Florida gay nightclub shows shattered glass inside the club, the sounds of automatic gunfire and an officer shouting to the gunman, “Come out with your hands up or you will die!” The videos were released Wednesday to …
A high school principal in Kirbyville, Texas, who took his own life last week was given an ultimatum to resign from his job or face an investigation. READ the latest update: Assistant to Texas high school principal who died last week abruptly resigns According to local news reports, corroborated by Kirbyville police, Dennis Reeves met …
A woman accused of killing her husband was found dead ahead of her murder trial. Jan Sochalski, 62, who has been facing charges of second-degree murder in the suffocation death of her husband, was found dead at her home in Florida Thursday, reports the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Sochalski was scheduled to appear in court on July 10 …
Unclear if the attack was premeditated
A video is going viral online that appears to show a San Antonio police officer striking a teen girl at least twice in the face. MySA reports that the brief video was taken by a witness on Saturday at a teen girl’s quinceanera party. A 14-year-old girl at the party approached an officer, whose twice …
Cell phone video caught Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies forcibly removing a 76-year-old woman from a train station’s reserved seating area. KCBS reported that the woman’s friend recorded the ordeal, which transpired at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The friend, only identified as Tina, claimed the elder often sits in the reserved area with no issues. …
CINCINNATI (AP) — The mayor of Cincinnati has tearfully apologized to city police after his office unwittingly approved a proclamation honoring a man suspected of killing an officer in an ambush. Mayor John Cranley delivered his apology Thursday at the police union hall, saying the proclamation was stamped by a new staffer. He said he …
“Today’s actions will deal a critical blow to the top leadership.”
