Killing

TULSA, Okla. – For the third time in less than a year a jury deadlocked on Friday and forced a mistrial in the murder case of a white former Oklahoma police officer accused of killing his daughter’s black boyfriend, astonishing prosecutors and frustrating the boyfriend’s family. Judge Sharon Holmes declared the mistrial after four hours … Read more

MONTGOMERY Co., Md. (ABC7) — Eulalio Tordil, the former law-enforcement officer who gunned down several people during a two-day shooting spree in Maryland, was sentenced today to four consecutive life terms in prison without the possibility of parole in Montgomery County Friday. In May 2016, Tordil, a federal protective service officer and former Army reservist, … Read more

Mamou, LA-According to sources close to the family of DeJuan Guillory, Paul Holden LaFluer, a local Ville Platte deputy, stopped father and concrete business owner, DeJuan Guillory and his girlfriend, Dequince Erin Brown. The new couple were on a 4-wheeler in a rural area about a mile from Mamou, “frogging.” According to a source close … Read more

A New York City police sergeant who fatally shot a mentally ill woman in her Bronx apartment in October was charged on Wednesday with murder in the woman’s death. The arrest of the sergeant, Hugh Barry, followed months of investigation into the encounter with the woman, Deborah Danner, 66. Her death echoed the fatal police … Read more

A former Oklahoma police officer who said he was trying to protect his daughter when he fatally shot her black boyfriend in 2014 is on trial for the third time in seven months, after jurors in previous trials couldn’t decide whether he was guilty of murder. Experts say Shannon Kepler’s case illustrates a broad unwillingness … Read more

A Missouri state trooper pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor boating violation three years after he handcuffed a college student and left him to drown in a lake. Brandon Ellingson and his friends were celebrating the start of summer break with a boating trip in Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks in May 2014. But as he … Read more

On an October night in 2011, Houston Police Department Officer Jason Rosemon pulled into a neighborhood street, responding to a domestic disturbance call, demanding through a megaphone that Kenny Releford come outside. Minutes later, Releford, an unarmed, schizophrenic man, was bleeding to death in the middle of the street. Rosemon shot Releford because, according to … Read more

Alton Sterling’s five children have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming their father’s fatal shooting last year by a Baton Rouge police officer violated his civil rights and fits a pattern of excessive force and racism within the police department’s ranks. The suit, filed Tuesday in Louisiana state court, claims the two white officers who … Read more

An Indianapolis man died Thursday morning after being shot by police and his family wants to know why, reports CBS Indianapolis affiliate WTTV. The deadly incident officer involved shooting took place around 2 o’clock on the city’s near northwest side. Police say it started with a routine traffic stop, with the driver leading officers on … Read more

There was no alcohol or drugs at a suburban Dallas house party where a police officer fatally shot an unarmed black honor student, according to a report. Police arrived at a Balch Springs home on April 29 after receiving a call that teens had been drinking, leading to the deadly encounter. The night ended with … Read more