Akron OH Aug 28 2017 A 17-year-old shot and killed himself Friday night in the back of an Akron police vehicle minutes after he and two others were picked up after a robbery in Kenmore, police said. It wasn’t clear whether the shooting was a suicide or an accident, Police Capt. Dan Zampelli said Saturday. That’s […]
OKLAHOMA CITY OK Aug 25 2017 An Oklahoma sheriff says two escaped inmates who stole a prisoner transport van may be armed even though one of the guards escorting the inmates says he didn’t have a gun. Major County Sheriff Steve Randolph says 32-year-old Andrew Foy and 37-year-old Darren Walp escaped Tuesday morning by overpowering […]
CHICAGO IL July 28 2017 — A man died after being stopped by security at a Hermosa Walmart on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. At 4:32 p.m., officers were called to the store in the 4600 block of West North Avenue for a report of a battery, police said. The officers saw a handcuffed man “experiencing a […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, SC July 18 2017 A Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been fired after an inmate, who is now in custody, escaped from a hospital. Authorities say 28-year-old Mariel A. Watson was arrested on Monday morning after his escape from Trident Hospital Sunday afternoon. Authorities say Watson was captured by BCSO deputies and […]
Tulsa OK May 29 2017 A woman jumped from an Interstate 44 overpass just after midnight Monday near the Tulsa-Rogers county line after allegedly escaping arrest. An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper arrested a woman, who has not yet been identified, about midnight on I-44 near 161st East Avenue. The woman was allegedly driving under in […]
Las Vegas NV May 17 2017 A man in Las Vegas has died after police officers punched him, shocked him with a stun gun and used a controversial neck restraint to subdue him during an arrest outside a luxury hotel and casino on the Strip. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said it is […]
Kane County IL May 15 2017 A Kane County jail inmate was killed by a SWAT team Saturday afternoon after he stole a correctional officer’s gun and held a Geneva hospital nurse hostage for several hours, a Kane County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said. A standoff began about 1 p.m., with Tywon Salters, 21, of Chicago, […]