Tarpon FL October 20 2021 A suspect in Florida who was killed Saturday for waving a “military-style rifle” at cars and officers was actually a teenage student brandishing an Airsoft pellet rifle, according to authorities. Tarpon Springs police shot and killed 17-year-old Alexander King just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Investigators say police responded after multiple […]
ROXBORO, N.C. Sept 11 2021 The suspect in a shooting at the Person County Courthouse on Thursday has died from his injuries. Friday morning, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation announced that Christopher Thomas Vaughan had died at Duke University Hospital. The Person County Sheriff’s Office and Roxboro Police Department said the shooting happened during […]
Jefferson County LA Sept 4 2021 A crew of Jefferson Parish workers was repairing a Metairie water main broken by Hurricane Ida when a woman pulled up in her car Wednesday, called them “f—-ng n—-rs” and demanded that they be arrested. The workers then flagged down sheriff’s deputies and reported her harassment, at which point the […]
Los Angeles CA Sept 1 2021 A man holding a butane lighter with a pistol-like grip was fatally shot by two Los Angeles police officers on Hollywood Boulevard last month after they ran up on him with the belief that he had a gun and he raised the lighter in their direction, video of the shooting […]
Show Low, Ariz June 22 2021 The driver of a pickup truck hit a group of cyclists at a bicycle race in Show Low, Ariz., on Saturday, seriously injuring seven people before the driver fled and was shot by the police, the authorities said. The driver of the truck, a black Ford Super Duty, struck […]
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. April 13 2021 The police chief in a Minneapolis suburb where a Black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop said Monday that he believes the officer who fired intended to use a Taser, not a handgun. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting as “an accidental discharge.” The state […]
Dallas TX Dec 7 2020 A man who fled from police after he hit a highway construction worker in Dallas was fatally shot by officers working an off-duty security job at the worksite, officials say. The Jefferson and Seven Points officers had been working security at the off-duty construction area at Interstate 635 and Forest Lane […]
SAN LEANDRO CA Sept 4 2020 A San Leandro police officer was charged with voluntary manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a man wielding a baseball bat inside a Walmart store in April. Alameda County District Attorney Nancy E. O’Malley announced Wednesday afternoon her office filed the felony complaint against San Leandro Police Officer Jason Fletcher […]
PALM DESERT, CA June 26 2020— A man suspected of burglarizing a Palm Desert gun store was shot and killed by deputies Monday night, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced. The fatal shooting occurred around 10:30 p.m. at the store located in the 41000 block of Boardwalk. According to the sheriff’s department, deputies responded to […]
TEMPLE, Texas Feb 12 2020 Temple police officer Carmen DeCruz, 52, was charged with manslaughter Monday connection with the death of Michael Dean, 28, whom DeCruz shot and killed on Dec. 2 during “an altercation of some sort” following a brief pursuit. “The Texas Rangers investigation developed facts and evidence which support the elements of manslaughter,” Bell […]