Tag: Shootings
Prosecutor in Daunte Wright’s death not swayed by critics
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — The day <a href="https://apnews.com/article/death-of-daunte-wright-shootings-police-coronavirus-pandemic-minneapolis-d88c7d626eebcdea975dc249309a4fa5">Daunte Wright</a> was laid to rest, a small group of demonstrators gathered outside prosecutor Pete Orput's suburban home and,...
Indiana trooper sued over fatal shooting during traffic stop
<p>JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — The sister of a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/9111eb3546a77bca4ecd73bbc31ea07e">Black man who was fatally shot by an Indiana state trooper last year</a> has filed a...
Questions and anger over Chicago’s lack of foot chase policy
CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department was well aware of how dangerous foot chases could be long before officers shot and killed two people...
Michigan sheriff’s deputy bitten by dog kills animal, owner
<p>READING TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A sheriff's deputy bitten by a dog in southern Michigan killed the animal and then fatally shot the angry owner...
Sheriff: Heavily armed gunman among 5 dead in home standoff
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A gunman who killed himself, two deputies and his mother and stepfather in a 13-hour home standoff in North Carolina had...
Shots fired at South Carolina home leads to massive manhunt
<p>CONWAY, S.C. — A man who fired shots as police arrived at a South Carolina home to investigate a domestic violence call was arrested...
North Carolina body camera law comes under harsh glare
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina law that gives local courts authority over the release of body camera video has come under a harsh...
Man guilty or murder for killing another at bachelor party
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — A jury has convicted a man of murder in the 2019 shooting death of a man celebrating his bachelor party at an...
Deputy killed, another shot in North Carolina standoff
BOONE, N.C. — A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy was killed and another wounded in a shooting that prompted a standoff. The suspect apparently killed...
Questions and anger over Chicago’s lack of foot chase policy
<p>CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department was well aware of how dangerous foot chases could be long before officers shot and killed two people...