CLEVELAND — The officer who shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in November 2014 has been hired as a part-time police officer in southeastern Ohio. The village of Bellaire confirmed to the Wheeling News-Register Friday that they hired Timothy Loehmann as one of two new part-time officers with its police department. Loehmann was one of the Cleveland … Read more
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A former Huntsville Police Department officer has been indicted on a murder charge stemming from on-duty shooting in April on Deramus Avenue. Police confirmed Darby was relieved of his patrol duties immediately the shooting. He was working in an “administrative capacity” until his indictment on Friday morning. William Benjamin Darby, who graduated … Read more
An Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War was fatally shot by police in his home after he shot and killed a naked intruder who was attacking his grandson. Richard “Gary” Black was shot to death by police in his home in Aurora, Colorado, at 1:30 a.m. Monday while holding the 9mm pistol he … Read more
A young man fatally shot by Swedish police while carrying a toy gun in Stockholm had Down’s syndrome and a form of autism, local media report. Officers opened fire on Eric Torell, 20, in response to what they described as a “threatening situation” in the early hours of Thursday morning. He was reported missing after … Read more
A former homicide supervisor at the Orange County District Attorney’s Office is urging Sacramento County prosecutors not to move their Golden State Killer murder cases to Orange County, claiming District Attorney Tony Rackauckas is “unfit” to handle them. In a four-page letter, former Assistant District Attorney Michael Jacobs asked Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police Tuesday released dramatic video in an officer-involved shooting in Van Nuys last month which left an innocent woman dead. Los Angeles police body-cam footage of the suspect, Guillermo Perez, holding the hostage, Elizabeth Tollison, at knifepoint, just prior to the shooting. (LAPD) LAPD Chief Michel Moore released the body-camera … Read more
A police officer in Aurora, Colorado, killed a local homeowner Monday morning after mistaking him for an armed intruder, according to a statement from local police. The Aurora Sentinel reports that at around 1:30 a.m., police received calls about a break-in in Aurora, and that officers heard gunshots when they arrived at the home. They … Read more
On Wednesday a 19-year-old Chesapeake woman mysteriously died following a routine traffic stop. Police said Sarah Wilson used a handgun inside the car to shoot and kill herself. However, the teen’s mom believes there is much more to this story, and she’s desperate for answers. “In all of her life I have never known of … Read more
Body camera footage has been made public, which shows the chasing of and the shots that killed Thurman Blevins, an African American whose death in June led to mass protests in Minneapolis. The video shows two officers, Justin Schmidt and Ryan Kelly, driving in a car as they were responding to a 911 call about … Read more
Former Newark police officer Joseph Macchia, who drew his service weapon and shot a man to death two years ago while he was off-duty and drinking at a Union Township bar, was sentenced Friday to six years in prison. Macchia, an 11-year veteran of the police department, was convicted last month of of reckless manslaughter … Read more
A former Las Vegas police officer avoided a grand jury indictment Thursday, but the criminal case in the death of an unarmed man on the Strip might not be over. On May 14, 2017, former Metropolitan Police Department officer Kenneth Lopera shocked Tashii Brown with a Taser seven times, punched him in the head repeatedly … Read more
The Chicago Police Department’s agency that investigates police shootings released body-camera video showing the fatal officer-involved shooting of a 24-year-old man who family lawyers say was unarmed at the moment he was shot in the back. The body camera video released Wednesday by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, or COPA, shows a Chicago police … Read more