Denver police officers opened fire on a vehicle — killing one man and injuring another — in the belief that it contained an attempted cop killer who escaped from custody, officials said Thursday. There was just one problem, though: They had the wrong guy. “Officers were acting on information provided to them that [the inmate] … Read more
Mar 21, 2018 The Sacramento Police Department has released helicopter footage of the Stephon Clark shooting where officers fatally shot the unarmed black man who was holding his cellphone in his grandparents’ backyard. Sacramento Police Department RELATED: Man Shot by Police Was Carrying Cell Phone Not ‘Tool Bar,’ When He Was Shot
This week, for the second time in less than eight months, a Long Beach Police Department body camera failed to record usable video of an officer shooting someone, according to authorities. Since the department began testing body cameras in November 2016, they’ve twice had an opportunity to capture footage of a police shooting, but the … Read more
SEASIDE, California — A teacher injured three students Tuesday when he accidentally fired a gun inside a Seaside High School classroom, according to reports. The teacher was identified as Dennis Alexander, a reserve police officer for the Sand City Police Department and a Seaside councilman. Alexander was teaching a gun safety course as part of … Read more
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott on Friday fired the rookie cop who, four days into his police career, shot dead an alleged carjacker. In return, the police union fired back a fusillade of its own, accusing Scott of cowardice and political expediency. Other officers — who would not speak for attribution for fear of … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville lawyers are going to bat for the family of a western Kentucky man shot and killed by police. The incident happened in Fulton and was caught on the officer body’s camera video. The footage was captured in January of 2017. Police say Chris McClure was swinging a metal pole at parked … Read more
Police officers in Indiana mistakenly took an actor on a movie set for a real robbery suspect. Indiana State Police were called to the Back Step Brewing Company in Crawfordsville on Tuesday evening for a possible robbery in progress call after someone called 911 to report seeing a masked man with a gun enter the … Read more
Tony Garces was still reeling from his injuries on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after he disarmed a possible church shooter in Amarillo, Texas — and was then shot by police. Speaking to NBC News by phone from his hospital room at Heart Hospital of Northwest Texas, Garces, 54, said that he was admitted to the … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS – The jury has found Minneapolis Police Officer Efrem Hamilton not guilty on all three counts he faced for shooting his gun into a car full of innocent people. In court Tuesday after hearing that he was cleared on three criminal counts, Officer Hamilton broke down. Through tears he thanked the jury, explaining that … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis Police Officer has been found not guilty in connection with an incident where he opened fire on a car full of people last November. MPR News reports that a jury chose not to convict 42-year-old Efrem Hamilton, who was charged with second-degree assault and intentional discharge of a firearm. Hamilton was … Read more
Louisville – A man shot in the stomach by a Metro Police officer while in an abandoned western Louisville home last year has filed a lawsuit claiming he never posed a physical threat to the cop. 38-year-old Bruce Warrick was shot almost immediately after being found by Officer Sarah Stumler on March 2, who was … Read more
A former Newcomerstown, Ohio Police Officer was sentenced for felony charges after he falsely reported he was shot while on duty last April. Because of the false report that caused a widespread manhunt for an imaginary gunman, Bryan Eubanks received 90 days in jail, a $2,500 fine and 500 hours of community service, reported Cleveland … Read more