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
Shooting to wound might seem like a humane option, but this article explains why it’s not viable based on science, law, and tactics
Jared Reston’s (a cop who’s ‘been there’ repeatedly) 10 fundamentals to help any cop win a gunfight
Ketter survived a harrowing standoff and returned to duty, proving resilience knows no limits
Despite being shot in the leg, Sgt. P. George fired back alongside Sgt. K. Burch during the encounter; the suspect was also hit
The man had robbed at least three victims of jewelry and other valuables in the minutes leading up to the shooting
The Cheektowaga Officers went to the man’s residence and knocked on the door, eventually causing it to break off; the man inside then charged them with a knife
Sgt. Lee Sorensen and Officer Eric Estrada were fatally shot before backup arrived; after the officers were shot, bystanders persuaded the man to put down his weapon
The Maui Police Department reported that when officers arrived, they encountered an armed suspect who fired at them, striking Officer Suzanne O in the chest
During a traffic stop, the man resisted arrest, disarmed multiple officers and fired a shot that wounded one before Lansing police returned fire
The suspect posed “a clear and immediate threat” because he had just murdered two people, repeatedly fired at officers and abducted his infant son
The Pittsylvania County deputies were injured by shrapnel while executing warrants for brandishing a firearm and trespassing
Bodycam video shows suspect opening fire as Reno PD arrives, striking the windshield, tire and bumper of a cruiser before a fatal OIS
The law mandates full disclosure of applicants’ disciplinary history and prior employment before agencies make final job offers
Ex-trooper Kasha Domingue shot the man, who fled on foot from the 2018 stop, before misreporting the shooting as a TASER deployment
The man, who had threatened multiple individuals with a gun and robbed a Walgreens, was shot by Hollywood police after "[refusing] to listen to ... verbal commands”
A DeKalb County Police officer was killed while responding to an active shooter who fired shots into CDC buildings before being found dead
Wounded Trooper Joseph Perechinsky, after suffering two gunshots to the chest, stopped traffic in the area and applied a tourniquet to his colleague, Trooper William Jenkins
The Lummi Nation officer has undergone several surgeries and remains hospitalized; video shows him attempting to help a man from his wrecked vehicle before the attack
Dallas Police officers working an off-duty job responded to the sound of a gunshot to find a wounded person and a person armed with a gun, who then fled
The 8th Circuit affirms qualified immunity for officer in shooting of off-duty cop during a chaotic pursuit in St. Louis
The man had set fires at his own house as well as his neighbors’ home; when St. Louis County Sheriff’s deputies arrived on scene they found him carrying a homemade weapon
Helicopter video shows the suspect fleeing at high speeds in a yellow corvette before being cornered by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies and exiting the car with the gun
Former Columbus officer Adam Coy fatally shot Andre Hill in December 2020; he told jurors that he feared for his life because he thought Hill was holding a silver revolver
Sacramento crisis negotiators attempted to coax the man into dropping the weapon for approximately 30 minutes before he charged an officer, leading to the shooting
Taking cover behind trees, two Chautauqua County deputies issued multiple commands for a man firing shots into the air to drop his weapon before a shootout occurred
Bakersfield officers tried to speak to the woman and deployed TASERs, but she continued to approach, leading to the shooting
Officers pulled the child to safety before one officer fired at the driver who steered toward them
The man, who “had an arsenal of weapons with him,” was shot and killed by officers after opening fire, Lorain police say
The incident began when the man pointed the object, which was later found to be a metal pipe with a makeshift handle, at passing motorists
Officers monitoring the Colorado Springs PD Real-Time Crime Center told responding officers that a man involved in fights that prompted a 911 call had a gun in his pants
Officers shot the man during a response to a domestic violence call after he charged out of a home with two knives and attacked one of the officers
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department stated that the gun lacked any identifying features of a replica firearm
Mark Dial was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and possessing an instrument of crime and sentenced to 9.5 months in prison; he had already served 10 months
MOST POPULAR
- Nev. PD identifies officer killed in shootout as 17-year veteran, ‘friend, mentor’
- BWC: Man stabs Ohio officer in the neck inside an Arby’s after hearing he had a warrant
- ‘I’m hurt. I’m stabbed': Video shows suspect attacking Calif. officer outside PD before fatal OIS
- Video: Traffic stop suspect opens fire, wounding Ohio officer before OIS
- Union: 2 Colo. officers severely wounded in ambush were shot in head by suspect out on bond for 3 felonies