Tag: Shootings
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...
Man guilty or murder for killing another at bachelor party
INDIANAPOLIS — A jury has convicted a man of murder in the 2019 shooting death of a man celebrating his bachelor party at an...
Sheriff: Heavily armed gunman among 5 dead in home standoff
<p>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...
North Carolina body camera law comes under harsh glare
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina law that gives local courts authority over the release of body camera video has come under a harsh...
Texas pushes closer to dropping handgun license requirement
AUSTIN, Texas — In Texas, where gun laws are among the loosest in the U.S., there is one line the state has long resisted...
Deputy killed, another shot in North Carolina standoff
<p>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...
Michigan sheriff’s deputy bitten by dog kills animal, owner
READING TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A sheriff's deputy bitten by a dog in southern Michigan killed the animal and then fatally shot the angry owner...
Texas pushes closer to dropping handgun license requirement
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — In Texas, where gun laws are among the loosest in the U.S., there is one line the state has long resisted...
EXPLAINER: Is it legal to shoot suspects in the back?
Seconds after Anthony Alvarez was shot from behind by a Chicago police officer, the fatally wounded 22-year-old looked over at the officer and asked:...
Indiana boy, 5, hospitalized after being shot in the chest
<p>ELKHART, Ind. — A 5-year-old northern Indiana boy who was shot in the chest inside his family's home appears not to have suffered life-threatening...