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  • Officer shot dead, another wounded in 'ambush' in Canonsburg (Prayer Request)

    11/10/2016 1:21:11 PM PST · by Kaosinla · 11 replies
    Pittsburgh Post Gazette ^ | November 10, 2016 | Karen Kane and Liz Navratil
    Trooper Bonderanka said the officers in the 17-member Canonsburg police department responded to a call for a domestic disturbance at 3:13 a.m. and were ”ambushed upon their arrival.” The call came from the occupant of the adjoining residence. The officers — Scott Leslie Bashioum, who was killed, and an unidentified officer who is currently out of surgery and in stable condition at Allegheny General Hospital — arrived on Woodcrest around the same time in separate vehicles. They got there within about six minutes of the 911 call. It was not clear whether either got out of his police car or...
  • Multiple people shot in Seattle during anti-Trump protests

    11/09/2016 7:22:53 PM PST · by TigerClaws · 99 replies
    According to social media posts by KOMO-TV and other sources, multiple people were shot Wednesday in Seattle during protests over election results. At least five people have reportedly been shot and all are said to have critical injuries.
  • 5 Shot in Downtown Seattle(liberal media silent)

    11/09/2016 9:18:07 PM PST · by mainestategop · 48 replies
    Got a call from a friend in Seattle, there's been a shooting, the local news networks have been totally silent. KIRO news says that the march has been peaceful. BS!!!! The media and the left are up to their own tricks again!
  • 1 dead, multiple people shot near Azusa polling station; active shooter heavily armed

    11/08/2016 3:51:02 PM PST · by ColdOne · 56 replies
    losangelestimes.com ^ | 11/8/16 | Veronica Rocha , Richard Winton, Joseph Serna and Ruben VivesContact Reporters
    One person was killed and at least three others were wounded Tuesday in an active shooting near a polling place in Azusa. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Capt. Jeff Scroggin said police were dealing with at least one suspect who was heavily armed.
  • DEVELOPING: Multiple People Shot In Azusa, Ca; Fire Crews Setting Up Triage Area (polling stations)

    11/08/2016 3:45:06 PM PST · by TigerClaws · 31 replies
    Fire officials say 3-to-5 people were wounded in a possible officer-involved shooting in Azusa, California Tuesday. The scene is at West 4th Street and North Orange Avenue. First responders were setting up a triage area for the possibility of additional victims, NBC-LA reported. The LA County Sheriff’s Officer also deployed a helicopter. Schools and two polling locations in the area were placed on lockdown as City Officials told residents to stay indoors. Conditions were not known.
  • Two police officers shot in Bronx: NYPD

    11/04/2016 12:35:32 PM PDT · by Deo volente · 28 replies
    NBC News ^ | November 4, 2016
    Two officers shot...condition unknown.
  • Heavily-armed Bronx gunman shoots two NYPD sergeants, dies in firefight

    11/04/2016 12:59:43 PM PDT · by Enchante · 42 replies
    NY Daily News ^ | November 4, 2016 | Thomas Tracy and Rich Shapiro
    Two NYPD sergeants were shot in the Bronx in broad daylight Friday — and a heavily-armed gunman was killed, sources said. A robbery suspect carrying multiple guns opened fire on the officers at Noble Ave. near Bronx River Ave. about 3 p.m.
  • 2 Police Officers Shot, Killed in Ambush Attack in Iowa

    11/02/2016 9:03:24 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 19 replies
    ABC News ^ | November 2, 2016 | J.J. Gallagher and Morgan Winsor
    The man who officials say shot and killed two police officers in an ambush-style attack this morning in central Iowa has been captured. The suspect, identified as 46-year-old Urbandale resident Scott Michael Greene, was located in Dallas County by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office and Iowa State Patrol this morning after officials launched a statewide manhunt, according to Sgt. Chad Underwood of the Urbandale Police Department. He is being transported to Des Moines, police said. Greene was wanted in connection to separate shootings that left two police officers dead in the Des Moines area....
  • Iowa cop-killing suspect identified

    11/02/2016 6:18:39 AM PDT · by Trump20162020 · 42 replies
    Fox News ^ | 11/02/2016 | Fox News
    BREAKING: Police identify suspect accused of killing 2 officers as 46 y.o. Scott Michael Greene of Urbandale, Iowa.
  • Al: Armed Employee's Father with .45 Shoots Robbery Suspect Armed with .22 Pistol

    10/30/2016 5:07:30 AM PDT · by marktwain · 28 replies
    Gun Watch ^ | 24 October, 2016 | Dean Weingarten
    The exact circumstances of this shooting in Anniston, Alabama, are a little uncertain. It happened on 22 October, 2016, just before 8:59 p.m. One source says that Malachi Hicks, the robbery suspect, was running away when he was shot by the employee's parent, who was armed with a model 1911 in .45 ACP. The Anniston Police Chief, Shane Denham had this to say. From annistonstar.com: Denham said Hicks was apparently lying in wait as employees were closing the restaurant for the evening. Hicks was armed with a .22 caliber pistol, Denham said. “He forced his way into the back...
  • LRPD identify man (black)killed in officer(white)-involved shooting. (BLM inbound)

    10/27/2016 7:07:10 AM PDT · by DCBryan1 · 14 replies
    KATV ^ | 25 OCT 16 | By Jessica Childs
    LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Little Rock Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened at 12:40 a.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of East 8th Street. Chief Kenton Buckner says officers responded to calls of a disturbance in the area. As officers were in route, the call was updated to a disturbance involving a man with a weapon. The police report states responding officers arrived to find a man pointing a long gun at his uncle. Buckner tells KATV officers engaged with the man and shots were fired outside the home. The man was killed. The man has...
  • Woman shoots Detroit house in Facebook rant and gets arrested

    10/22/2016 8:30:53 PM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 9 replies
    Fox 2 Detroit ^ | October 21, 2016
    DETROIT (WJBK) - A woman's angry Facebook video about a house she bought through the Detroit Land Bank resulted in her arrest. In the video, the woman pulls out a gun and shoots the house behind her, while holding a small child with a second child next to her. The profane tirade which includes her making threats lasts about nine minutes while a young boy next to her worriedly backs away after she shoots the house. Detroit police say that the woman, Andrea Sheppard, was arrested Friday in Oakland County, one day after the video was posted on social media....
  • Vallejo officer-involved shooting: Police say suspect pointed assault-style weapon

    10/17/2016 7:09:54 AM PDT · by Califreak · 45 replies
    SF Gate ^ | 10/17/16 | Unknown
    Vallejo Police officers at the scene of a shooting in Vallejo, Calif. on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. Police said two officers were inside a Starbucks coffee shop on Lincoln Road West when a man with an "assault style weapon" opened the Vallejo police shot a suspect who pointed an assault-style weapon at officers at a Starbucks on Sunday night, according to the Vallejo Police Department. Police say the incident started at a Starbucks near Lincoln Road and Pine Street in Vallejo at 8:50 p.m. on Sunday night. Police said a male suspect opened the door of the Starbucks and pointed...
  • Florida youth football coach shot, killed in front of horrified team.

    10/15/2016 8:48:32 AM PDT · by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies · 49 replies
    Fox News ^ | October 15, 2016 | Fox
    A beloved peewee football coach walking to his car after practice was gunned down execution-style in front of his horrified team, according to reports Friday. Dave Williams told a group of children to run when he saw men with guns walking towards him at Mills Pond Park in Fort Lauderdale Thursday night, WPLG-TV reported. Williams had just treated his team of 30 kids to cookies and Gatorade after the practice, the Sun-Sentinel reported.
  • Police critics try 'Shoot, Don't Shoot' police simulator

    10/13/2016 12:59:58 PM PDT · by Mark · 16 replies
    Fox L.A. ^ | unk 2016 | Fox L.A.
    The black man Leo Terrell (?spelling) trying the simulator has always been a pain in the butt to law enforcement in So California. http://www.foxla.com/news/local-news/211182322-story
  • Boston officers remain in critical condition (info on suspect)

    10/13/2016 7:13:38 AM PDT · by raccoonradio · 28 replies
    Boston Globe ^ | 10/13/16 | Laura Crimaldi and John Element
    Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans said the two officers wounded in a shootout in East Boston Wednesday night are out of surgery, but remain in extremely critical condition. (snip) The commissioner identified the suspect as Kirk Figueroa, 33. A Ford Crown Victoria with the name of a website, Elite Policing.org, was towed from the scene by police Thursday morning. (Note: Figeroa was killed.) On the website, a man who identifies himself as Kirk Figueroa describes himself as a former member of a US Army Reserves military police unit who works as a bounty hunter in California, is trained in...
  • Beach police detain two in shooting of New York tourist

    10/12/2016 6:44:33 AM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 1 replies
    Miami Herald ^ | October 12, 2016 | Charles Rabin
    The morning after they found the Jeep Cherokee believed to be the getaway vehicle in Sunday’s murder of a New York tourist, Miami Beach police descended on a Brickell-area condominium and took several people into custody. At least two men were being held and questioned at Miami Beach police headquarters Tuesday afternoon in the early Sunday morning shooting death of Lavon Walker, a reformed Brooklyn gang member turned anti-violence activist who was vacationing in Miami Beach.
  • Tourist shot dead near Ocean Drive cafe. Breakfast continues during investigation

    10/09/2016 9:06:42 PM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 2 replies
    Miami Herald ^ | October 9, 2016 | David J. Neal
    In addition to bottles of hot sauce, ketchup and sparkling water and several glasses, a circular table for two had a cone under it and a cone atop it. Behind the table, a bullet put a hole and a web of cracks in a sliding glass door. Police say they are looking for three men in a newer model Jeep Grand Cherokee with tinted windows. The name of the victim was not released because his family was still being notified.
  • Two Palms Springs police officers fatally shot, another injured in family disturbance call

    10/08/2016 6:08:21 PM PDT · by Timpanagos1 · 35 replies
    LA Times ^ | 10/8/16 | Ruben Vives, Matt Stevens, Richard Winton and Marisa Gerber
    Two Palms Springs police officers were fatally shot and another wounded Saturday while responding to family disturbance call, and a SWAT team remains at the scene, police said. The shooting occurred when the officers responded to the scene near the corner of Racquet Club Road and Sunrise Way about noon, authorities said. “The officers were near the front door,” an emotional Police Chief Bryan Reyes told reporters during an afternoon news conference. “They were responding to a simple family disturbance and [the gunman] elected to open fire on the guardians of this city.”
  • 3 police officers shot in Palm Springs; manhunt ongoing

    10/08/2016 3:27:34 PM PDT · by PROCON · 43 replies
    desertsun.com ^ | Oct.8, 2016 | Gustavo Solis and Jill Castellano
    Three police officers have been shot Saturday in Palm Springs, according to a department release. They are hospitalized and their conditions are unknown. Dozens of law enforcement officers are involved in a search for the shooter or shooters in the are of Cypress and Del Lago roads in Palm Springs. Police are encouraging residents in the area to stay indoors while they conduct an investigation.~SNIP~Frances Serrano, who lives directly across the street from where the shooting took place, spoke to the father of the suspected shooter moments before the incident. The father told Serrano that his son, who has mental...