Ambush
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Using lessons learned from near misses to prevent injuries and fatalities from felonious assaults, missed firearms, ambushes and unprovoked attacks
South Carolina deputies returned fire in an ‘ambush situation,’ the sheriff said, killing a man and injuring a woman
Responding officers demonstrated excellent use of the WIN principle throughout the call
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“We have lost two brave public servants who sought only to keep peace in our City,” said McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez
In June, Steven Carrillo, who has ties to the boogaloo movement, killed a federal security officer outside a courthouse, and later fatally ambushed a sheriff’s deputy
The deputy was assaulted while asking a man to leave the premises of a local business
An officer’s decision not to wear his body armor while working at a local fair nearly proved deadly
Officer Shay Mikalonis, 29, is paralyzed from the neck down, on a ventilator and unable to speak
Several cops were wounded Thursday in separate shootouts with the man suspected of ambushing a deputy a day earlier
The LEO was shot early Wednesday in an “ambush” attack by a gunman intent on harming or killing police
After the deadly ambush attack, the gunman was subdued through the herculean efforts of a heroic resident
Two deputies were also injured when a suspect opened fire on deputies conducting an investigation
The suspect stabbed the officer, stole his gun, then shot at two officers responding to the scene
The officer is currently on life support and in critical condition
The video of the ambush shows officers being fired on from behind a bathroom door, then grappling with the suspect
The suspect ran down from his apartment while shooting at police, then continued firing during a vehicle pursuit
Two suspects were taken into custody after fleeing on foot from the scene of the shooting
Two men have been arrested in connection with a February incident in which nearly a dozen shots were fired at three officers
The unidentified suspect shot an off-duty officer without provocation, then shot at officers pursuing him from the scene of the initial shooting
Two officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle early Tuesday when a man opened fire on them
Of the 285 officers shot in 2019, nearly a quarter of them were policing towns with fewer than 11,000 people
The officer had pulled over to help who he thought was a stranded motorist
A man accused of murder ambushed two officers sent to interview him about a killing hours earlier, then stood over a dead officer’s body while continuing to shoot him
An officer must react quickly to break free from this incapacitating hold
A man accused of ambushing LEOs in a patrol van and then at a precinct was arraigned Monday on attempted murder and other charges
In the space of 12 hours, a gunman ambushed and shot an NYPD officer sitting in his patrol vehicle, then shot another officer inside an NYPD station
Officer Arik Matson was responding to a report of a suspicious person when the suspect shot him in the head
The person opened fire on the officers when they arrived
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