Tag: Shootings
Family of boy killed by officer plans home for at-risk teens
CHICAGO — Family members of a 13-year-old boy who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer announced plans Wednesday to build a home...
Mourners gather for slain Illinois police officer’s funeral
DECATUR, Ill. — Law enforcement officers from around Illinois gathered at Maranatha Assembly of God in Decatur on Wednesday for the funeral of Champaign...
UK police detain 5 people over Black activist’s shooting
LONDON — British police said Wednesday they have arrested five people on suspicion of attempted murder over the shooting of a prominent Black Lives...
Sheriff settles lawsuit over 2013 deputy shooting for $2.5M
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida sheriff's department has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the mother of a man who was fatally shot...
Israeli police suspend officer in east Jerusalem shooting
JERUSALEM — Israeli police said Wednesday that an officer involved in shooting a Palestinian teen in the courtyard of her east Jerusalem home last...
Police: 2 protesters hit, driver charged in North Carolina
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Two women were hit by a car while protesting a police killing in Elizabeth City on Monday, police said.
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Prosecutor: No charges for officers who shot man with knife
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two West Virginia police officers who shot and wounded a Black man wielding a knife will not face any charges, a...
Charleston shooter lawyer: Racist delusion showed incapacity
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation was wrongly...
Months after Georgia man shot by officers, family wants info
ATLANTA — More than five months after a man was shot to death in an apartment outside Atlanta by officers serving a warrant targeting...
Florida dad threatened mom, killed son; help came too late
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Court records show that a father who killed his 4-year-old son and himself had sent numerous threatening texts to the...