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The driver who rammed through a line of police recruits out on a training run earlier this week has been released for “insufficient evidence.” The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department originally charged Nicholas Joseph Guttierez with attempted murder of a police officer, saying he intentionally plowed through the group of trainees, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The …
A 22-year-old man intentionally drove into a group of 75 California police recruits on a training run Wednesday morning in Whittier, sending 25 of them to area hospitals, investigators say. Los Angeles County Sheriff’Alex Villanueva said that Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez was driving an SUV on the wrong side of the road and abruptly swerved into …
Three ex-Pennsylvania police officers pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 counts each of reckless endangerment in a shooting that left an 8-year-old girl dead. Sean Dolan, 26; Devon Smith, 35; and Brian Devaney, 42, took a plea deal that saw charges of manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter dismissed, NBC News reported. Prosecutors said the deal was reached …
A suburban Tennessee police officer shot and killed a man late Wednesday night during a traffic stop after the man tried to drive away and officer became “trapped” in the vehicle with him. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, a Mt. Juliet officer pulled over a vehicle driven by a woman. The officer initially …
An apparently drunk driver T-boned a Kentucky patrol vehicle early Sunday morning, killing the London Police officer behind the wheel. Kentucky State Police said that 26-year-old Logan Medlock, son of the city’s assistant police chief Randy Medlock, was pronounced dead on the scene by the Laurel County Coroner’s Office, according to WSAZ. “Logan was an …
A report from Connectict’s Office of the Inspector General says that Nicholas Brutcher fired more than 80 rounds at three Bristol police officers last week, killing two and wounding the third. The report also says that Brutcher opened fire on the officers from behind, WVIT reported. Sergeant Dustin DeMonte, Officer Alex Hamzy, and Officer Alec …
Two Connecticut officers have died after police say they were lured to a Bristol Home on Wednesday, where a male suspect opened fire on them. According to The New York Times, the deceased officers have been identified as Dustin DeMonte, 35, and Alex Hamzy, 34. The suspect has been identified as 35-year-old Nicholas Brutcher. A …
A fired San Antonio police officer has been charged with assault after he opened fire on a teenager eating a burger inside his car in a McDonald’s parking lot. Eric Cantu, 17, is hospitalized unconscious and on life support after he was shot multiple times, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said, according to KSAT. …
UPDATE @ 3:30 p.m. (EST): Another police officer likely fatally shot Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Blane Lane in the chest as they served an arrest warrant, according to Sheriff Grady Judd. Judd said the officers confronted the suspect, who escalated the matter when they brandished a BB gun which resembled a handgun. Judd speculated that …
A 21-year-old Florida sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed early Tuesday mornin while serving a warrant. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said four deputies had gone to serve the suspect with a failure to appear warrant. The deputies entered the mobile home, he said, and shots were fired, striking one of the deputies. The deputy …
A tense hostage situation in Western North Carolina ended Saturday morning when Catawba County deputies shot and killed a man holding his adult son at gunpoint inside an SUV. A 911 call at about 6: 30 a.m. brought deputies to the scene in a small subdivision in the Mountain View community, about five miles south …