COLUMBUS, Ohio — A deputy fatally shot a 16-year-old boy in an Ohio courtroom when a fight broke out involving the teen, his family and the officer on Wednesday, a sheriff’s office investigator said. The teen, Joseph Haynes, was struck once in the abdomen during the fight that began as an early afternoon hearing concluded … Read more
Jul 15th 2015 Police in the Los Angeles suburb of Gardena have been forced to release dashcam video of officers shooting dead an unarmed Latino man after he took his hat off. Ricardo Diaz-Zeferino was killed in the early hours of 2 June, 2013, after he and two friends were stopped by police by the … Read more
North Carolina – A Winston-Salem man fatally shot by a police officer in March had gunshot wounds to his torso and one of his arms, according to his death certificate. Officer Dalton McGuire of the Winston-Salem Police Department shot Edward Van McCrae, 60, during a traffic stop on March 30 on Bowen Boulevard. The death … Read more
The parents of a 14-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a Los Angeles Police Department officer held a news conference Tuesday where they released body cam footage of the deadly encounter. Jesse Romero’s parents joined attorneys and activists at the news conference, where partial body cam footage from Romero’s fatal 2016 shooting by … Read more
The NYPD sergeant who fatally shot a mentally-ill Bronx woman is on track to become a lieutenant — setting the stage for a difficult decision for the city’s top cop. Sgt. Hugh Barry, was acquitted on a murder charge in February — after claiming his fatal shooting of Deborah Danner was done in self-defense. Danner, … Read more
MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A Marion County deputy fatally shot a 30-year-old man Thursday afternoon at a drug treatment facility. The shooting was reported at about 1 p.m. at the Phoenix House Rehabilitation Center in the Citra neighborhood, deputies said. Deputies said they were called in reference to a drug offender who had just left … Read more
EL PASO, Texas – An active-duty Fort Bliss soldier self-reported for a two day DWI sentence at the El Paso County Jail in 2012 but died before he saw the light of day or his family again. In July 2012, KFOX14 anchor Erika Castillo reported on the story of the mysterious circumstances surrounded the death … Read more
DAVENPORT, Ia. — Confidential police video fails to corroborate a police officer’s account that he was bitten by a dog before firing shots in 2015 that accidentally killed a Burlington, Iowa, mother, an attorney said Thursday during a federal court hearing. The dog bite is one of the big reasons that Burlington police officer Jesse … Read more
Tennessee – Family members say their 45-year-old mother died at Silverdale Detention Center in 2017 because staff used pepper spray on her, causing her to choke and suffocate. India Palmer is asking CoreCivic, a private prison contractor that has managed Silverdale since 1984, for $15 million in the death of Dana Shunice Palmer, according to … Read more
Police tased and then fatally shot a naked man after a confrontation on a Virginia highway earlier this month. Richmond police released the body camera footage of the May 14 incident today. The footage shows police approaching a car that had been driven off a highway, with an officer ordering the driver to stay in … Read more
Update: STAGECOACH, Texas – A Texas police officer is accused of fatally shooting his brother, who was a deputy sheriff, during what may have been a welfare check. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says 59-year-old Robert Lee was arrested early Saturday for the shooting death of his brother, 57-year-old Harris County Deputy Rocky Lee. Robert … Read more
WAIPAHU, OAHU – The city has paid $650,000 to the family of a mentally ill Waipahu man who was killed by police in 2013. Taser camera video obtained from Honolulu Police shows one officer tasing 43-year-old Victor Rivera while another officer shoots at him 14 times. Nine rounds hit Rivera, killing him. “I’ve seen a … Read more