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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Police Superintendent David Brown contested the findings, saying the shooting did not violate department use-of-force policies
Agent Jorge Arias was shot in the chest during a role-playing scenario by another officer who mistook his training pistol for his handgun
Police were in a hourslong standoff with the man before shots were fired, after his mother called 911 to report he was vandalizing a vehicle
The officer was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center where he succumbed to his injuries
The armed suspect allegedly shot another individual during an argument at a gas station and fled the scene before encountering the officers
Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal was killed during a September 2019 traffic stop in a residential cul-de-sac near Houston
Tyson Shawn Jordan Hampton is facing 27 felony charges after fatally shooting Officer Truong Thai during a domestic disturbance call
The suspect fired 18 shots that an official described as an “AK-47 pistol,” which penetrated the officer’s ballistic vest
As an officer approached to investigate a stolen vehicle report, the occupants quickly drove off, running over the officer in the process
“Anything any of us could have needed, if we asked him for help on something, Alex Hamzy was always there to offer a hand.”
“Dustin DeMonte was one of those officers who was not just doing a job. He was working for the community.”
The suspect was mortally wounded after officers asked him to drop his weapon as they responded to a call about a large fight in progress
The footage is part of a preliminary report by the state’s Office of the Inspector General
Bristol police said Officer Alec Iurato was hit by gunfire and returned fire, killing the shooter
Officer Truong Thai, who was wearing a ballistic vest, was shot in the torso and died at a hospital
The officers were responding to a 911 call about an apparent dispute between two brothers that appears to have been a deliberate act to lure LE to the scene
A drone operator located the man, clad in body armor, in the woods as he approached threatened to shoot law enforcement officers
The incident began with a 911 call from a woman saying her husband was suicidal and holding a machete
Decatur Police Chief Shane Brandel said the department’s street crimes unit had seized more than 60 illegally owned firearms since May
Officer Truong Thai, 49, was fatally wounded while answering a report for a domestic disturbance and stopping a vehicle near the Las Vegas Strip
The driver of the car they stopped died during an exchange of gunfire that involved three Decatur police officers and a Macon County Sheriff’s Department deputy
The officer, who fired a rifle five times through the windshield of an unmarked police vehicle, was fired for violating several police department policies
The 19-year-old suspect fired at officers through a window as they were attempting to knock on the front door
The judge said prosecutors had failed to provide a grand jury panel with information on how and when officers are legally justified in firing their weapons
James Brennand, 25, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault by a peace officer for the Oct. 2 shooting of Erik Cantu according to a police statement
After hours of negotiations with officers, the suspect was shot and killed after reaching for gun
The Conn. officer was hailed a hero for helping subdue the suspect after the officer had been shot
The incident began when the unnamed man approached the school’s entrance, frantically attempting to breach the locked entrance doors
She told the dispatcher her husband knew she would call police for his intoxication, so gathered ammunition to meet police with gunfire at front door
“There is nothing I can say in defense of that officer’s actions that night,” said Police Chief William McManus
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