Charlotte NC June 20 2019 Four fatal shootings and more than a half of dozen other shootings involving private security officers during the past week have left questions about training and oversight. During the latest shooting, a Houston security officer confronted a man trespassing in a shopping center as he rummaged through some dumpsters.The security […]
HOUSTON TX June 19 2019 – A security guard has been charged with murder after police said he shot a man to death in southeast Houston. Houston Police Department Lt. Larry Crowson confirmed Wednesday the man was charged in connection with the death of a man rummaging through a dumpster on the property of a washateria. Police […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. June 19 2019 Police were called to an attempted robbery and a shooting by an arcade security guard Sunday night and say it’s the second time that this happened this month. CMPD said they received a call of a man was shot around 5:15 a.m. Sunday at the AIA Arcade on Independence Boulevard […]
Tucson AZ June 19 2019 A man looking for his ex-girlfriend at her workplace Monday evening was killed in a gunfight with security guards, Tucson police say. The man, believed to be in his 20s, walked into a building at 5210 E. Williams Circle, near East Broadway Boulevard and South Craycroft Road, about 6 p.m. […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. June 19 2019 – Charlotte Mecklenburg Police and the State of North Carolina Private Protective Services Board are investigating three shootings involving private security officers in the past few days. Police said that are investigating a shooting that happened Friday morning at an apartment complex in south Charlotte after a confrontation between a security […]
Dallas TX June 18 2019 A gunman who appeared to be wearing tactical gear and wielding an assault rifle opened fire outside a federal courthouse in Dallas Monday morning, but no one aside from the alleged shooter appeared to be injured in the incident, police said. Police responded to what they called an active shooter […]
AKRON, Ohio June 17 2019— Akron police are investigating after a man shot his girlfriend, who is also the mother of his child, and then killed himself. According to a press release, the shooting happened near East Exchange Street and South Arlington Street on Sunday. Upon arrival, officers found the victim, a 23-year-old woman, with […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. June 14 2019— A security guard shot and killed a man who struck him with an SUV outside a northeast Albuquerque grocery store Wednesday night, according to the Albuquerque Police Department. APD spokesman Tanner Tixier said police believe the man was trying to free a woman who had been caught trying to steal […]
CHICAGO IL June 14 2019 Police say they have identified a person wanted for questioning after a man who claimed to be a Chicago police officer shot and killed a woman inside a Walgreens store in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood overnight. Police have said the shooter wasn’t an officer at all but was a security guard. […]
Chicago IL June 12 2019 A man shot during a confrontation with a security guard nearly two months ago in East Garfield Park died on Monday. Antonio Henderson, 25, was approaching a residence at 12:35 p.m. April 16 in the 3300 block of West Madison Street when he was confronted by the guard, according to […]