By JEFFREY COLLINS and MEG KINNARD, Associated Press FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — The Vietnam veteran and disbarred lawyer accused of shooting seven law enforcement officers, killing one, bragged online about his marksmanship and love for the “smell of gunpowder” in the years before the deadly standoff, records and social media posts unearthed Thursday showed. Frederick Hopkins …
‘You’ve got to be f**king kidding me,’ the disgraced cop’s dad was reportedly heard telling him inside their home
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Seven South Carolina law enforcement officers were shot, one fatally, in a confrontation with a suspect who held children hostage in a home and fired on deputies, officials said. The suspect was taken into custody after a two-hour standoff. Spokesman John Wukela in the city of Florence, where the deadly encounter …
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former southern Oregon property owner has been charged with assault on a federal officer after authorities say an FBI agent sent to the property was shot from a booby-trapped wheelchair. Law enforcement officers responded to the home in the small town of Williams on Sept. 7 at the request of …
By THOMAS GRANING, Associated Press BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Two police officers were shot and killed following an early Saturday morning confrontation in Mississippi, authorities said. Warren Strain of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety said at a news conference that the officers were called to a house in the city of Brookhaven at about 5 …
A Florida deputy reportedly shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself at their Land O’ Lakes home early Monday. “Kirk has lost his mind Kristin,” Samantha Keithley, 33, text a friend late Sunday, according to the Tampa Bay Times. “He’s literally losing it. He’s been harassing me for the last 6 hours …
Dallas police officer Amber Guyger has reportedly moved out of the apartment building where she fatally shot her upstairs neighbor, Botham Jean, as he stood inside his home earlier this month. WFAA reported that an email was sent to residents at South Side Flats, informing them that Guyger, 30, “no longer resides at our community.” It’s …
A funeral for a Georgia police chief who was one of two people killed following a crash after a high-speed chase on Saturday, has been planned for Wednesday. Ludowici Police Chief Frank McClelland Jr. died after being hit when attempting to pull over 23-year-old Daniel Hill in in Liberty County, CBS 46 reports. Motorcyclist Marvin Hope, …
A Fort Worth Police officer died following a gunfight with armed robbers during a surveillance operation on Thursday night. Fox News reports that Officer Garrett Hull died within a day of being shot at Los Vaqueros Bar in Forth Worth. Hull and a group of 10 officers had been at the bar conducting surveillance as …
The sister of a Texas man shot and killed by an officer in his apartment last week said her brother never left his door unlocked—contradicting comments the officer reportedly made to police. Allisa Jean, the sister of Botham Jean, 26, told CBS News Wednesday that it’s highly unlikely that her brother was in the dark …
A bodycam apparently captured the tense moments when a Nebraska police officer pulled over a suspect who brandished his gun and shot him in the shoulder. In a detailed account released to the public, the Omaha Police Department said Ken Fortune, 42, a member of the department’s Gang Unit, and two other officers conducted a traffic …
Authorities in Kentucky say a gunman is dead after he opened fire on a Scott County deputy during an attempted fugitive arrest. According to WAVE, 57-year-old Edward Reynolds was wanted as a fugitive out of Florida on a warrant related to a July bank robbery. He was the subject of a joint mission by deputies, …
