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Family seeking “justice” after their son walked into police station and tried to shoot an officer at the front desk

Family seeking “justice” after their son walked into police station and tried to shoot an officer at the front desk

Dave Herndon Press & Guide, Dearborn, Mich. (TNS) Dec. 19—A 33-year-old Dearborn man was shot and killed in the lobby of the Dearborn Police Department at about 3:30 p.m. Dec. 18. The investigation into the incident is still ongoing. Neither the Michigan State Police, who is handling the investigation, nor the Dearborn Police have released much information, but the victim’s family is seeking justice...

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Officer kills man after he walks into police station and points gun at officer behind desk

Officer kills man after he walks into police station and points gun at officer behind desk

Jason Alley The News Herald, Southgate, Mich. (TNS) Dec. 18—A 33-year-old Dearborn man with a history of mental illness is dead after he walked into the city’s Police Department, pointed a handgun at an officer behind the front desk and attempted to shoot the officer, police said. The officer fired multiple shots at the man, who was transported...

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Police officer who was recently promoted to sergeant takes his own life at station

Police officer who was recently promoted to sergeant takes his own life at station

Alex N. Gecan The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif. (TNS) Dec. 13—A Tiburon police sergeant was found dead at the department’s headquarters of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, the agency said Tuesday. “We are extraordinarily sad to report the loss of Sgt. Sean Christopher,” police Chief Ryan Monaghan said in a prepared statement. The shooting happened Monday afternoon....

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5 protesters charged with domestic terrorism after clash with police at Atlanta’s new public safety training center

5 protesters charged with domestic terrorism after clash with police at Atlanta’s new public safety training center

The site of the proposed Atlanta public safety training center at the site of the old Atlanta prison farm in Atlanta on Tuesday, Aug. 9 2022. A growing number of southeast Atlanta neighborhoods are speaking out against the proposal to build a massive training center for police officers and firefighters on forested land in DeKalb...

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Armed burglary suspect shoots at officers after being found under mattress

Armed burglary suspect shoots at officers after being found under mattress

Update: November 28 – Newly released body cam footage shows three Oklahoma City officers searching engaging in a gunfight after locating a burglary fugitive from Missouri. Max Bryan The Norman Transcript, Okla. Nov. 17—OKLAHOMA CITY — Three Oklahoma City police officers who exchanged gunfire with a man while attempting to execute an arrest warrant have...

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Dashcam footage shows deadly gunfire exchange with suspect at close range

Dashcam footage shows deadly gunfire exchange with suspect at close range

Screenshot from video below (TNS) Decatur police and the Macon County Sheriff’s Department released the names of the officers involved in the Oct. 12 exchange of gunfire that left 32-year-old Decatur man Jamontey O. Neal dead and two officers wounded. The four officers involved in the 12:25 a.m. gunfight were identified as Sgt. Timothy Wittmer, Officer Austin Bowman and Officer Ryan Ricker with the city, and Sheriff’s Deputy Travis Wolfe,...

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State trooper cleared in the fatal shooting of hospital executive

State trooper cleared in the fatal shooting of hospital executive

Ryan Spencer The Keene Sentinel, N.H. (TNS) Oct. 20—CONCORD — The N.H. State Police trooper who shot and killed a Walpole man in February while responding to a domestic violence report was legally justified in firing the fatal shots, N.H. Attorney General John Formella announced Thursday. Noah Sanctuary, who has about 14 years of law-enforcement experience, shot Christopher Tkal on Feb. 20, the Attorney General’s...

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14-year-old with 46 prior criminal cases shoots police officer

14-year-old with 46 prior criminal cases shoots police officer

Newly released bodycam footage shows a 14-year-old shot shooting a North Carolina officer in December 2021. On Wednesday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police released the footage of the officer-involved shooting that occurred on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. Officers were called to the scene of a larceny from a vehicle after a 911 caller stated that a person had...

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Teacher accused of raping 14-year-old student is found dead in Missouri jail

Teacher accused of raping 14-year-old student is found dead in Missouri jail

Mike Stunson The Charlotte Observer A substitute teacher was found dead in his jail cell a week after being charged with raping a 14-year-old student in Missouri, reports say. Brandon Holbrook, 30, faced “three counts of statutory rape second degree and six counts of statutory sodomy second degree,” McClatchy News reported. The St. Louis County Police Department announced his arrest...