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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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on officers’ failure to warn before shooting a suspect pointing a gun at them
Shot nine times while patrolling alone in a remote location, Young shares the survival lessons of his brutal attack
Not mentioned by the court, but the officer’s immediate shooting response justified because he was facing the “deadly reactionary gap”
The man was initially stopped because his taillights were out; he fled the stop, calling 911 to say that he would kill any officers who stopped him
Officers deployed TASERs and bean bag rounds at the suspect before the shooting
The man, who had allegedly been waving the sword and screaming before the officers arrived, told Pima County Sheriff’s Office deputies he was “trying to achieve greatness on the katana”
The shootout occurred when Ft. Lauderdale Police Department officers, believing the man was holding someone else in the hotel room with him, instructed him to exit the room with his hands up; instead, he emerged with a gun
Two shots can be heard as the trooper and the suspect wrestled on the ground over a handgun
“I look down and I have bright red arterial blood on my boot. You can’t help others if you’re down for the count.”
Former Yavapai-Apache Tribal Officer Preston Brogdon was pursuing medical retirement when he received a letter from the department telling him he had been terminated
As the El Paso Police officer made contact with the suspect, the suspect made menacing comments toward the officer and asked if he “picked the wrong day to go to work”
The officer was shot in the hand and is expected to recover; the suspect was arrested and charged with attempted homicide of a law enforcement officer
Video: Man locks 7-Eleven employees in office, holds sharp object to hostage’s neck before fatal OIS
Through a small window in the office door, Denver Police officers could see that the suspect was threatening a hostage; officers broke through the office and attempted to intervene before firing multiple shots at the suspect
A Lexington police detective testified that the men involved in the shooting had exchanged multiple Snapchat messages about the undercover car Detective Nicholas Music was using to conduct surveillance
The man brandished a large knife at officers before the shooting; he has been charged with first degree attempted murder
The deputy can be seen deploying his TASER at the man and commanding him to stop the car before the shooting; the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office has defended the deputy’s actions as necessary
Only one civil case remains open against former Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah; all three shootings were ruled justified by a district attorney
Trooper Brian North testified that he shot Mubarak Soulemane, who was holding a knife and refusing to exit a vehicle, because he feared other officers’ lives were in danger
Officers believed the suspect to be armed based on witness reports and knew that the suspect had severely beaten the child’s mother
New York State Trooper Anthony Nigro IV was charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter over the Feb. 2022 shooting death of a suspected speeding driver
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office deputies deployed TASERs and less lethal projectile launchers several times before the shooting occurred
San Bernardino County deputies confronted the subject after 911 callers reported he was assaulting family members and damaging property with the tool
The panel of judges unanimously reversed former DeKalb County Police Officer Robert Olsen’s conviction after finding that the department’s use-of-force policy conflicted with state law
The fatal shooting occurred after a DUI suspect fled a traffic stop and fired shots at officers
Body camera footage shows deputies searching a darkened maintenance facility for signs of a shooter before the suspect fired shots in their direction
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies fired multiple shots at the suspect after he refused to comply with commands and pointed the shotgun toward them
While a deputy was searching a vehicle, the driver got into the car and drove off with the deputy still inside; after the man did not heed instructions to stop, the deputy shot him, causing the car to crash
“His violent aggression was planned, and targeted, at law enforcement,” County Attorney James Loomis stated, ruling that the fatal shooting was justified
The man held a knife in each hand as officers and his father tried to persuade him to surrender; he became agitated and moved one knife when an officer prepared to deploy a TASER
The suspect fired several shots during a domestic disturbance before officers arrived at the scene, 911 call audio shows
The bank robbery suspect pointed a gun at his own head at one point; officers urged him to put the gun down before multiple shots were fired
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Officers were working to detain a person they determined to have posed harm to himself and others; the officer who was shot is recovering and is in good spirits
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