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.
| Prepare — A Police1 tactical guide to ambush prevention and response
The court bypassed the issue of whether the stop was a legitimate welfare check
While in-person training and public outreach events have been postponed this year, social media is a great platform to discuss the importance of hemorrhage control
Anecdotal evidence seems to support that suicide by cop incidents are on the rise
Evansville Police Chief Billy Bolin said the shooter, a former employee who wounded one victim, “absolutely planned to die last night”
Authorities allege that Manuel Teran opened fire on a trooper helping conduct “clearing operations” in the woods near a soon-to-be training site
The suspect was able to get inside and take control of the cruiser with access to weapons, including a rifle
The prosecutor found that the officers acted “reasonably and lawfully,” because the suspect created a “life-threatening situation” when he drove toward them
Officers were conducting an operation to move people away from the planned training center when someone fired at them
The AG’s office has never found an officer-involved shooting in Maine to be unjustified
“The facts support a finding that Deputy Feller made a mistake that a reasonable officer could have made in the same situation,” a prosecutor said
Officers were provided with details from the 911 calls about the man’s possible mental health crisis, including that he had a knife
There are moments in police history that can never be forgotten; January 12, 1998, is one of those moments
In one of the officer-involved shootings, the chief said officers failed to call for a specially trained mental health team during an interaction with a man in crisis
An investigator used the incorrect search code, which would have disqualified Austin Lee Edwards from employment
The shooting occurred after police were called to a domestic disturbance and the suspect pointed a gun at his mother and a sergeant
In one incident, LEOs fatally wounded an armed suspect who pointed a gun at a driver before leading officers on a pursuit
The officer’s decision to open fire in the direction of a crowd was “reckless, unreasonable and unnecessary,” according to the indictment
As deputies attempted to de-escalate a dispute between neighbors last February, one of them began firing shots at both officers
When police arrived on scene, the former officer handed a child he was holding to a woman and brandished a gun before being shot
As paramedics were treating the suspect, he can be heard on video yelling, “I shot that b***h in her face”
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
The suspect placed a gun to the child’s head while deputy personnel attempted to communicate with him
“It’s devastating for all parties involved — the officers, everybody that was involved in this situation,” Richland Police Chief Nick McLendon said
The suspect was shooting into an occupied dwelling before aiming his gun at officers and threatening to shoot them, forcing police to open fire
“Everything was in slow motion, and I saw a flash. Suddenly I was down on my stomach, but I didn’t even know I was shot.”
Officers had recovered a “high capacity handgun” during the suspect’s initial arrest, but he was in possession of a second hidden gun on his body
The officer, who responded to a call about a woman being stabbed, heard screams before encountering a man armed with a knife
Aaron Dean’s guilty verdict was a rare conviction of an officer for killing someone who was also armed with a gun
Kyle Mellard was awarded Officer of the Year for saving the lives of fellow officers by warning them of an ambush while taking fire himself
Evidence shows the teen fired at officers first after shooting six people, fatally wounding five; the suspect later died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound
BWC video shows the suspect pull a handgun from his waist and shoot an officer twice, hitting him in the body before another officer returned fire
As she tried to get her gun holstered, the officer heard one gunshot and was struck in the leg by the gunfire
Another person was shot by the attacker and hospitalized, but is expected to survive according to police
MOST POPULAR
- BWC: Woman speeding wrong way on highway brandishes gun at Ohio officers before fatal OIS
- BWC: Murder suspect produces gun, shoots at NYPD, N.J. officers before fatal OIS
- BWC: Man tells Calif. officers to shoot him, runs at them with knife before OIS
- Ga. police officer killed in shooting near CDC and Emory University
- 13 considerations for using deadly force in a crowd