Officer-Involved Shootings
Police1’s officer-involved shootings resource page provides law enforcement professionals with timely news, expert analysis, and practical training insights related to deadly force incidents. Explore breaking updates on officer shootings nationwide, legal developments, use-of-force policies, and tactical lessons learned. Our coverage includes commentary from law enforcement leaders, attorneys, and trainers to help officers and agencies prepare for, respond to, and recover from critical incidents. Whether you are a patrol officer, supervisor, or command staff, Police1 delivers trusted resources to support informed decision-making, enhance officer safety, and improve community trust in law enforcement.
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Officer Duane Johnson was fatally shot during a gun battle with Hau Chan
The knife-wielding man was told to drop his weapon before he allegedly walked toward the officer
Officer Thomas Alvin Orr III was off duty on Aug. 20 when he was fatally shot at a day party. Orr was not the intended target
Shane Marsh refused numerous commands to drop a knife as he approached Officer Jonathan Curtis
Officers were responding to reports of a shooting when they encountered a man with a gun
The protest marks a sixth day of demonstrations in response to judge’s decision finding a former officer Jason Stockley not guilty of first degree murder
The officer received stitches and did not have to undergo surgery
Esteban Carpio was being taken to headquarters to be questioned about a stabbing when he shot Sgt. James Allen
Police Chief Medaria Arradondo changed the policy to require his officers to turn on their body cameras when responding to any call
Three people were arrested during a protest after a vigil for a knife-wielding student who was fatally shot by campus police
Protesters chanting “free our people” gathered outside the jail in downtown St. Louis on Monday night
Two Yuba County Sheriff’s deputies were wounded during a shooting on a Rastafarian church’s marijuana farm last month
Bryan Lee Batchelor allegedly rammed his truck into multiple patrol cars
The extent of the officers’ injuries was not reported, but they were both taken from the scene for treatment
Buses carrying police in full riot gear and shields arrived near the downtown location where police said significant property damage was reported
Scout Schultz, 21, refused to put down a knife and kept moving toward the officers early Sunday
Several protesters were seen in handcuffs, and city and county police later tweeted that they had arrested at least nine people
One officer suffered a dislocated shoulder and another suffered a possible broken jaw after protests erupted following an officer’s acquittal in a fatal 2011 OIS
Rodolfo Ballardo crashed the stolen big rig at a gas station where he shot at Border Patrol agents before he was killed
Police pepper-sprayed a few protesters in the early afternoon as they tried to block police
Police said Miguel Richards was asked 44 times to drop the knife and six times to drop a gun he held in his right hand
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Andrew C. Bice fired at Officers Miguel Moreno and Julio Cavazos before running from the scene and killing himself
Miguel Richards didn’t comply with repeated requests to drop the knife and pulled out what later turned out to be toy gun with a laser sight and pointed it at police
Shannon Miles accepted a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for the slaying of Darren Goforth
Even after Agent Roberto Medina-Mariani was shot by three suspects, he returned fire and wounded one suspect
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