Police shootings

New Jersey State Police Sergeant Randy Wetzel fatally shot 28-year-old Maurice Gordon following a May 2020 speeding stop.

An off-duty NYPD officer reportedly followed his wife and a man she was having an affair with to a local hotel before opening fire outside of the restaurant.

A police officer is under investigation—but has been praised by his superiors—after he shot a mentally ill suspect who was armed with a semi-automatic weapon.

One person was killed and three others were injured after a shooting at a Target store in Kissimmee, Florida, on Wednesday evening.

Lyoya, a Black man, was unarmed and face down on the ground when he was shot in the back of the head after a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 4.

The relationship between the Black community and Grand Rapids' police department has been strained for several years.

Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump compared the unarmed 26-year-old's death to Ukrainian civilians being killed by Russian soldiers.

Footage of a white police officer shooting an unarmed Black man dead has sparked outrage.

Prosecutors cited "insufficient admissible evidence" for not charging Officer Mark Hanneman in the shooting.

"They keep promoting Second Amendment gun rights to protect your home, to protect your sanctuary, but that applies to Black people too," lawyer Ben Crump said.

Prosecutors announced that "there is insufficient admissible evidence to file criminal charges" in the case surrounding Amir Locke, who was fatally shot by a Minneapolis police officer.

The Killeen Police Department said it was the ninth murder so far this year in the city, as they confirmed a second victim received minor injuries.

Hankison was found not guilty of wanton endangerment for firing shots that went through a wall into a neighboring home in the raid that led to Taylor's death.

Miles Jackson, a 27-year-old Black man, was shot and killed last April in Ohio following a struggle with police after a gun was discovered hidden in his pants.

Police say they shot the 12-year-old boy after he allegedly fired a stolen 9MM, semi-automatic handgun.

The San Jacinto County Precinct 1 officer was working at the PlazAmericas mall in Houston when he got into an altercation with a suspect.

Officers in Winter Park, Florida, responded to a call reporting a man at the wedding was assaulting other guests.

The former Minnesota police officer was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting the 20-year-old after she mistook her handgun for her Taser.

An appeals court overturned Jonathon Aledda's culpable negligence conviction for shooting at an autistic man and striking his caregiver instead.

At 6:02 p.m. on Thursday the suspect surrendered and was taken into custody. The police didn't provide details of the suspect's name and age.

The warrant was issued in search of a 17-year-old suspect wanted in connection with a killing, and the apartment belonged to the suspect's brother.

A teen was arrested in connection with the no-knock search warrant that led to Amir Locke's fatal shooting by a police officer.

A crowd of hundreds took to the streets of Minneapolis over the weekend to protest Locke's death.

Amelia Huffman and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey faced heated questions over the death of the 22-year-old a few days ago.

Some activists are accusing Minneapolis police of a coverup, while a police official said the officer who shot Locke was in a "difficult position."

Minneapolis Police Chief Amelia Huffman said that officers obtained both a no-knock and a knock warrant before Locke was fatally shot.

"He didn't deserve what happened to him," Amir Locke's mother said during the virtual press conference Friday morning.

The statement said the police officers had recovered a handgun from Locke, which was pointed towards the officers.

Ten Minnesota House lawmakers and the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota have called for body camera footage to be released to ensure transparency.

President Biden arrives in New York to discuss solutions to rising gun crime in the city, following the fatal shooting of two police officers.