An Illinois man is dead after he disarmed a police officer conducting a well-being check and shot himself with the officer’s weapon. The Charleston Police Department said officers were called to the home just after 1 a.m. on Saturday to check on a 22-year-old man who had called 911 himself asking for help. “During the …
The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office announced Friday it had secured indictments against two Capitol Police officers involved in an August 2022 shooting that left a woman critically injured with a partially paralyzed face. Michael Rhinewalt, who is still a Capitol Police officer, and former officer Jeffery Walker were charged with aggravated assault in the shooting, …
A Georgia sheriff’s deputy who claimed to have been shot during a traffic stop last month has now been arrested for making false statement and violating his oath of office in connection with the alleged shooting. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that Austin Bradburn, 26, was a Towns County deputy when he reported on …
A Texas police officer who was fired for giving a homeless man a feces sandwich in 2016 was hired in 2023 by another police department that recently defended its decision. San Antonio police initially suspended Matthew Luckhurst in October 2016 — months after he allegedly put feces on bread into a Styrofoam container and gave …
A Florida sheriff’s deputy has resigned rather than be fired after investigators say he was watching porn when he crashed into another car stopped for a school bus last November. Tristan Macomber initially said his patrol vehicle’s brakes “locked up” when he tried to stop on November 6. The crash caused his airbag to deploy. …
The North Carolina man who terrorized patrons of a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant in 2016 because he believed an internet conspiracy theory that Democrats were running a child sex ring in the basement was shot and killed this week when he pointed a gun at police officers during a traffic stop. Edgar Maddison Welch was …
Florida deputies shot and killed a man last week who threatened to kill a neighbor and then held a woman at knifepoint inside his apartment. Jason Douglas Paul, 47, called 911 himself on Thursday in the midst of a dispute with his neighbor at a Tampa apartment complex, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. When …
Last week, Missouri officials released partial video footage showing the events leading up to a cop fatally shooting a woman and her 2-month-old daughter early last month. The edited and partial video shows Independence police officers responding to a home for a domestic incident. The baby’s father let officers in the home before they encountered …
An Atlanta police officer was shot and killed while attempting to break into a home in Douglas County, Georgia. Fox 5 reported that Investigator Aubree Horton, 32, of the Atlanta Police Department, was fatally shot during the break-in attempt around 5 a.m. on Friday at a residence in the St. Andrews Country Club neighborhood on …
A targeted attack on Dallas police officers left one officer dead, another fighting for her life, and a third injured. The ambush occurred Thursday evening in a Dallas parking lot. According to Fox 4, at approximately 10:02 p.m, Corey Cobb-Bey, 30, approached Officer Darron Burks, 46, who was parked in the lot of the For Oak …
A second former Memphis police officer on Friday pleaded guilty to civil rights violations in the beating death of motorist Tyre Nichols in 2023. Former officer Emmitt Martin changed his plea in federal court, entering guilty pleas to using excessive force and witness tampering, NBC News reported. Prosecutors say they will ask for a 40 …
A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Saturday night while responding to a domestic violence call in Hiram. The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office said Deputy Brandon “Cunningham was shot as he exited his patrol vehicle, never even seeing the threat.” The suspect continued to fire at the deputies, keeping Cunningham’s partner and backup who …
