Police shootings

In a review, a prosecutor cited police body camera footage that he said showed the man who was shot pursuing a deputy with what looked like a shotgun.

Master Trooper Adam Gaubert was shot to death in an ambush Saturday morning after he worked on a traffic crash.

The four officers said that 24-year-old Kwamena Ocran fired at them first. A grand jury declined to take the case to trial because of a lack of evidence.

The DOJ said the evidence obtained is insufficient to prove that officer Rusten Sheskey "willfully" used excessive force when he shot Blake in August 2020.

The state trooper's personnel file shows he previously pulled over a driver for a cracked windshield, and made "unprofessional and inappropriate" comments.

The memorial unveiling at Harding University took place on what would have been Botham Jean's 30th birthday.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department would not confirm any further details about the incident, including whether or not anyone was injured.

Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said authorities used Deputy Joshua Moyer's handcuffs when they took Patrick McDowell into custody.

"There has been no transparency and accountability. That's a problem," said attorney Molly Hamilton, suing the unnamed officer and Waterloo.

The teenager was shot to death by former sergeant Michael Davis, who said the teen reached into the back of his vehicle and didn't comply with commands.

Midwest City, Oklahoma emergency crews responded to a reported shooting near Heritage Park Mall shortly before 9 a.m. on Friday.

Michael Byrd revealed his identity for the first time—seven months since the storming of the Capitol—in an interview with NBC.

"The suspect with the felony warrant was ultimately arrested at the scene. Neither the officers nor the suspect were injured," the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office said in the press release.

Actress Vanessa Marquez was fatally shot by police officers doing a welfare check at her South Pasadena, California, home in 2018.

After Chicago police Officer Ella French was killed in the line of duty, suspected shooter Monty Morgan, 21, faces first degree murder and attempted murder charges.

The city of Fontana, California, settled a lawsuit for $1 million for the fatal shooting, which occurred when police saw Kinard in a portable toilet.

"We will never forget the true bravery she exemplified as she laid her life down to protect others," the Chicago Police Department said.

The California attorney general filed the charges against Officer Salvador Sanchez, who was arrested Monday in Riverside County.

The 29-year-old officer died after being shot during an exchange of gunfire after officers conducted a traffic stop on Chicago's South Side.

"Ross did not pose a reasonable and immediate threat of death or bodily injury to the officers or others when he was shot," the investigator wrote.

The teen may not have understood the police's Spanish and English commands when officers in Salinas City, California shot and killed him.

The incident also left two police officers injured, and one remains "in very, very serious" condition, according to a local official.

Wasco Mayor Alex Garcia mourned the slain sheriff's deputy and said: "In an instant, our lives can change forever."

The officer will remain on administrative leave until he is officially removed from the force and will be able to appeal the police chief's deicision.

Attorneys for Brown's family have said the father of seven posed no threat to deputies who approached his vehicle.

A grand jury decided this week not to charge the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority police officer who fatally shot the 19-year-old.

The mother of a Black man killed by a white former Nashville officer made an impassioned objection over a plea deal she said was arranged behind her back.

Former Det. Joshua Jaynes was fired in January after we was "untruthful about how he obtained some information regarding the Taylor warrant."

Myeni, a 29-year-old citizen of South Africa, was shot dead during a struggle with officers in April after he entered a home in the Nuuanu neighborhood.

"You can't cheat, you can't go apply for a no-knock warrant for a girl you said is not a suspect based on information that is untrue," Yvette Gentry said.