Ambush
The Ambush topic page features safety tips, columnist commentary and the latest news updates on the growing threat of targeted attacks against police officers.
Approach planning as if you were the criminal element
Gun handling lessons from the July ambush of Fargo police officers
This incident shows good tactics to end an ambush and offers a display of great courage. This is how it is done
Deputies Jonathan Randall Koleski and Marshall Samual Ervin Jr. will be honored at separate services
“The officers displayed extreme calm under the most difficult circumstances.”
“In plain terms, it’s very simple. My two deputies were ambushed this evening and killed,” Sheriff Craig Owens said
“Families come in all forms and children of fallen responders will now receive equal benefits regardless of their parents’ marital status,” Sheriff Jim Hart said
A second officer in the car fired back, wounding the gunman
The gunman’s parents sued after authorities seized 25 rifles, 10 pistols and two shotguns from their home in 2014
Steven Carrillo shot and killed Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputy Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller during a firefight with law enforcement
Officer Muhammed Chowdhury was attacked by a gang linked to 19 carjackings and robberies
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Using lessons learned from near misses to prevent injuries and fatalities from felonious assaults, missed firearms, ambushes and unprovoked attacks
“What was his intent? To kill as many Richland County deputies as he could,” Sheriff Leon Lott said
One of the three deputies who responded to the call was wounded in the shooting
Of the LEOs shot and wounded in the line of duty, 39 were killed – a statistic “outpacing last year’s historic numbers”
Officer Crystal Sepulveda, 29, was struck three times – once in the face, left calf and left toe; the bullet shattered her cheek and exited through her ear
The suspect allegedly fired 17 rounds into the officers’ car
“The savage pain that’s being felt by the department and the families, especially the husbands, wives and kids, is the same at every funeral,” says former officer
Officers Loren Courts and Amanda Hudgens became quick friends after meeting in the police academy
Read about pair of unconventional rookies, a gut-wrenching loss and more from this week’s news
A second-generation Detroit police officer, Loren Courts, 40, was married with children
Authorities described the tragedy as a “tactical ambush” with “a field of fire of over 200 yards”
“As soon as they got off the elevator to go to the apartment, they were fired upon by the offender,” Police Superintendent David Brown said
Deputy Austin Derek Aldridge, 25, was responding to a domestic violence call
Deputy Austin Derek Aldridge, 25, was responding to a domestic violence call
A murder suspect missed two police officers after firing his handgun through their windshield
The gunman killed the El Monte police officers seconds after they entered a motel room
Cpl. Nick Tullier spent years undergoing treatment before dying of complications related to his injuries
FBI Director Christopher Wray made the comments during an interview on “60 Minutes”
Deputy Jaquim Barthen was one of three officers ambushed by a gunman back in October
The latest figure also marks a 63% increase compared to the number of officers shot during the same time period in 2020
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