BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Police Department released body‑worn camera footage showing an officer‑involved shooting of a knife-wielding person in an apartment building, WBFF reported. Officers were responding to multiple 911 calls on Jan. 19, including a welfare check, a disorderly person report and a report...
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — A suspect who fled from a traffic stop offered to buy dinner for the officers who arrested him, the Wheat Ridge Police Department posted on social media.The man, whose name was not released, was allegedly driving a vehicle with improper plates...
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. — A jury recommended the death penalty for Kenneth Lee Simpson, 38, following his conviction in the 2023 shooting death of a Hermann police officer, FOX 2 Now reported. Simpson was found guilty of nine charges, including first-degree murder, in the killing...
By Susie C. SpearNews & Record, Greensboro, N.C.GREENSBORO, N.C. — A Guilford County court dismissed manslaughter charges against former Greensboro police officer Matthew Edward Hamilton on Friday, according to court documents.Hamilton had been on trial since Jan. 12 for the November 2021 shooting death of...
Jason WillisThe Times-Picayune | The New Orleans AdvocateNEW ORLEANS — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office on Saturday announced funeral details for Christopher Ohlmeyer, the deputy who was killed Friday morning on Airline Drive in New Orleans while escorting a funeral procession.Ohlmeyer’s funeral will be held...
Associated PressLAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — A man being questioned by police at a suburban Atlanta hotel on Sunday shot the two officers after inviting them into his room, killing one of them and seriously wounding the other, authorities said.The shooting suspect also was shot by one...
By Bonny MatejowskyThe Peninsula Gateway (Gig Harbor, Wash.)PARKLAND, Wash. — A vehicle crash led to a mail truck catching fire in Parkland earlier this month, causing a dramatic rescue captured on bodycam footage.Pierce County sheriff’s deputies responded to a two-car collision in the 10600 Block...
By Carolyn KomatsoulisThe Idaho StatesmanBOISE, Idaho — An Idaho committee narrowly voted Wednesday to move a bill forward that would penalize covering one’s face while committing a crime, a proposal that critics say could be selectively enforced or applied to minor crimes.The proposal, sponsored by...
By Katie KullSt. Louis Post-DispatchST. LOUIS, Mo. — Two city police officers were injured, two men were killed and another man was arrested after a police vehicle collided with another car on a highway interchange in St. Louis County on Friday afternoon.City officers were helping...
By Milena MalaverMiami HeraldMIAMI — A 36-year-old woman bought two gallons of Tampico juice, poured them out and refilled the containers with gasoline, which she used to set a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office station on fire Friday, officials said. She was cuffed and jailed.Towana Findlay, 36,...
