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Officer Christopher Farrar was an 18-year department veteran, his chief said
Police said the suspect, who was also wounded, had been trying to steal the officer’s police gear
Sgt. Chris Ward and Deputy Logan Fox were shot during a lengthy standoff, the sheriff’s office said
The Watauga County Sheriff’s Office said the shooter remains barricaded in a portion of the home
“I could see the grip of a pistol in his waistband and saw he was reaching for it with his right hand while backing away from us.”
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The suspect driver was trying to push through cruisers that had blocked him in, police said
Officers chased down the suspect and arrested him on multiple charges
Officer Anastasios Tsakos was a 14-year veteran of the force
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A professor of criminal justice and former NYPD cop says the violence has less to do with the pandemic and more to do with changes in criminal justice policy
Cpl. Keith Heacook was responding to a home for a fight in progress when he was attacked
During a traffic stop, a passenger ran out of the car holding a knife in each hand
The officers, who were stabbed in the face and head, called in the department’s special response team and a crisis negotiator
Sgt. Steve Owen was shot five times as he answered a 911 report of a burglary in progress at an apartment building in 2016
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The shooting was the second in two days by Detroit police officers after they’d reportedly been attacked
Officer Pete Unverferth remains hospitalized after the ambush attack
Officer Brian Burch quickly returned fire, video shows
“This city feels like it’s occupied by the military,” said one citizen. “This is so weird”
Lionel Virgile hurled bleach in a plastic cup at an officer who came up to his car, then fled the scene and later threw a lit incendiary device at another squad car
The city council voted to develop recommendations for a traffic division that would be separate from police
Police said someone inside the vehicle had handed the gun to the passenger
“It appears the suspects in this vandalism were targeting Mr. Brodd for his testimony,” police said
Authorities said the driver then sped off, tossed a Molotov cocktail at officers and fled a second time
Authorities said no arrests had been made
In a statement, police said the damage from the late-night violence “appears to be significant”
Video shows the man refused orders to drop the weapon
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