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Law enforcement entry to a residence for the goal of apprehending a barricaded suspect should be the last option on the table, especially when there are numerous safer and more efficient alternatives
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Video shows Henderson SWAT officers returning fire; the suspect was found deceased in the barricaded home two days after police initially attempted to arrest him
“I’ve got shots fired and an officer down,” a marshal can be heard saying over police radio. “Multiple rounds are being fired at officers”
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“We need more armor. Do we have a fire truck? We need a firetruck or something parked out in front of this house, we’re all pinned down,” an officer radios
Calif. police negotiate the peaceful surrender of a suspect involved in a shooting and child abduction case
The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department reported that the officers’ injuries appear to be non life-threatening
Hostage negotiators spoke on the phone with the knife-wielding man for two hours; SWAT members then broke into the building and rescued two women
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Video from several officers shows the standoff and shooting involving an escaped parolee
Negotiators successfully ended a standoff with an armed woman in a car
A gunman, who left no indication on why he opened fire, fatally shot himself while he was barricaded in his girlfriend’s home
“The community expects us to de-escalate with time and distance. And we have the technology to do that and keep first responders and the community safe.”
The suspect, whose body was later found inside a building by an LAPD robot, had a history of convictions including battery on an officer
Mayor Karen Bass visited the officers in the hospital and said they were concerned about their fellow officers more than themselves
The suspected shooter was described as a violent felony suspect
The suspect, who had been barricaded in an apartment for about 33 hours and was wanted in connection with a shooting the previous day, was fatally shot by deputies
“It’s devastating for all parties involved — the officers, everybody that was involved in this situation,” Richland Police Chief Nick McLendon said
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