CLEVELAND, Ohio — The police officer who fatally shot a 21-year-old man who attacked him at the Corner Alley bowling alley in University Circle had previously been convicted of lying about working when he was actually at his home. Sgt. Dean Graziolli, a 26-year veteran of the police department, will spend three days on paid … Read more
Baltimore’s spending panel has approved a $135,000 payment to settle a lawsuit filed by an unarmed man who was shot in the leg by police. The payment to John Rau III settles the lawsuit he filed against police Major Byron Conaway and the Baltimore Police Department. The Board of Estimates, which is controlled by Mayor … Read more
A veteran police officer who used his gun to try to smash a window wound up shooting an unarmed driver in a Montgomery County parking lot when the weapon accidentally went off, police officials said Tuesday. The driver survived the Nov. 5 shooting. The officer, Todd Archer, will not be criminally charged, according to authorities, … Read more
WICHITA, Kan. – An officer with the Wichita Police Department is on administrative leave following a shooting incident reported Saturday night at a northeast Wichita home. No one was seriously injured, but a family is upset after a fragment from a shot fired by the officer struck a nine-year-old girl and required her to be … Read more
Chicago police disciplinary officials have ruled that an officer was unjustified in the fatal 2015 shooting of a baseball-bat clutching 19-year-old and an innocent bystander. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability determined that Officer Robert Rialmo unjustifiably shot Quintonio LeGrier and 55-year-old Bettie Jones while responding to a domestic disturbance on the West Side on … Read more
INDIAN HEAD PARK, Ill. – A suburban police officer charged with shooting his son during an apparent argument over a bottle of vodka. The judge in this case called the allegations “disturbing” and ordered 48-year old cop to be held without bail. Prosecutors say a high ranking suburban police officer shot his son inside of … Read more
STURGEON BAY, Wis. – A Sturgeon Bay police officer was hurt when another officer’s gun accidentally discharged during an incident early Monday, police say. The officer was shot in the leg and not seriously hurt. “This was an unintended discharge,” said Police Capt. Dan Brinkman. At 6:08 a.m., Sturgeon Bay officers were called to the … Read more
An off-duty police officer was shooting into a car at two teenage burglars less than five seconds after he rammed their car off the road, investigators testified during his murder trial this week. In March 2016, Ken Johnson rammed a Dodge Challenger with his Chevrolet Tahoe twice, causing the Challenger to spin out and crash … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — A Richmond police officer has been placed on administrative leave after being taken into custody at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco for an incident involving gunfire and a subsequent standoff with S.F. police, KPIX has learned. Multiple sources tell KPIX 5 off-duty Richmond police officer Phillip Sanchez is the person … Read more
CHICAGO – A sergeant with the west suburban Indian Head Park Police Department has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a domestic-related shooting early Tuesday in the Clearing neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The shooting happened about 2:30 a.m. in the 6200 block of South Nashville, according to Chicago Police. Raymond Leuser III, … Read more
A 34-year-old Philadelphia police officer was wounded Friday afternoon in North Philadelphia after a bullet fired by his partner at a dog ricocheted into his left shin, according to police. The officers had responded to a report of a dog attacking an 80-year-old woman inside a rowhouse in the 2900 block of Judson Street around … Read more
A Mesquite police officer has been indicted on felony charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by a public servant after shooting a man he mistook for a burglar, according to Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson. The victim, Lyndo Jones, was getting into his car last month when he was shot by Mesquite … Read more