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Security video shows a gunman firing shots down East Congress Street in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 19. David Leroy French was accused of firing the shots, which injured nine people. After firing the shots, the gunman ran down Congress toward Tucson police officers who were on the street, one of whom fired a shot that struck and wounded the gunman.

The innocent 12-year-old son of a cop who was shot dead in the Bronx was identified early Sunday as Jacob Freytas — as heartbreaking video shows him collapsing in a bodega after running back in while clutching his chest. Freytas, of Mount Eden, was an innocent bystander when a stray bullet hit him in the chest during a fight outside a store on Elliott Place near the Grand Concourse, shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday, cops said. Security video obtained by The Post shows Jacob leaving his bike outside the bodega to go in and buy a ball, before coming out...

A police officer in Madison, Wisconsin, shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest, the city's police chief said Wednesday. Police as of Thursday have not identified the man who was killed, saying only that he was in his 30s, but Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Madison District 6 Alder Davey Mayer identified him as Corey Ruiz. The Madison Police Department said in a news release that its officers were responding to calls that someone was stealing bicycles and checking vehicle doors in the city's Marquette neighborhood. The man fled from officers on...

The man who was killed by police in Madison, Wisconsin, a shocking caught-on-camera shooting — sparking protests — was a violent ex-con with a lengthy record, including for assaulting cops, The Post can reveal. Corey Durrell Ruiz, 38, was identified by local officials and his family in social media posts. State Rep. Shelia Stubbs, a Democrat, said Ruiz “should still be alive.” Brandi Grayson, the head of the Madison-based black community advocacy group Urban Triage, decried the shooting as, “Another black man is dead on a Madison street.” Protesters have flooded the streets of Madison, Wisconsin, where the shooting happened...

A Tennessee mother shot and killed a man she found hiding under her 13-year-old daughter’s bed, according to cops — and now she’s facing first-degree murder charges. Kendra Scott was arrested after police found a 20-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound in the back of his head outside her Memphis home just before 2 a.m. Thursday, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Post. Her lawyer called the situation, “the worst nightmare of any parent of a 13-year-old girl.” The 36-year-old mother told officers she came home and “saw a dude under my kids’ bed.” “And I did...

This video from Black Conservative Perspective discusses the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Tyrron Johnson by Tennessee National Guard soldiers in downtown Memphis during the Fourth of July weekend (0:00-0:15, 1:45-2:30). Key takeaways from the video include: The Incident: According to authorities, officers were responding to reports of shots fired around 4:00 a.m. when they encountered Johnson with a handgun. A chase ensued, and soldiers shot and killed Johnson after he allegedly turned toward them while armed (0:15-0:54, 5:44-5:53). Investigation: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is currently leading an investigation into the shooting, at the request of the Shelby County...

AP — A South Carolina jury on Monday found a store owner not guilty of murder in the 2023 shooting of a Black 14-year-old. The jury returned the verdict for Chikei Rick Chow. Chow, 61, who is Asian, shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back after chasing him from his convenience store in Columbia, but maintained he acted to defend his son. The killing sent waves of anguish and grief through the African American community in Richland County, where nearly half the population is Black.After the verdict was read, sobs and cries of distress could be heard coming from Carmack-Belton’s family...

"A man fatally shot a central California sheriff’s deputy Thursday morning as he was being served an eviction notice, prompting a standoff that ended with authorities fatally running him over with a vehicle after he fled the home."

Chaos at Ultra Music Festival time: Miami cops shoot a man in his 20s acting erratically outside the YVE Hotel Saturday morning around 7AM. Taser and pepper spray? Useless. Dude turns violent...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The family of 55-year-old Steven Jones, the man who was shot nine times by a Hartford police officer while he was having a mental health crisis, will hold a press conference Monday.The family will be represented by a high-profile civil rights and personal injury attorney, Ben Crump. He’s best known for representing the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Randy Cox.

WHITE LAKE, Mich. (FOX 2) - More details came out in court Thursday after a White Lake Township man shot and killed a burglar he caught breaking into his garage last year. Dayton Knapton, 24, is charged with manslaughter, assault with intent to murder, and several weapons offenses for the shooting last summer that killed a 17-year-old. Video was shown in court on Thursday of what appeared to be Knapton opening fire on several burglars - shooting as they ran away. The backstory: Police said Knapton spotted seven people entering his detached garage in the 9000 block of Mandon Drive...

The death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man killed by federal agents, has been ruled a homicide, the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office said. Pretti was shot Jan. 24 during a chaotic encounter with federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Citing government records, ProPublica identified Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez as the two officers who fired at Pretti. The news outlet reports that Ochoa has been a Border Patrol agent since 2018, while Guituerrez had been with CBP since 2014.

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he “saw no evidence” to back the claims of senior Trump administration officials that Alex Pretti was attempting to assault law enforcement officers and instead “saw a man that was retreating” when he was shot and killed by federal officers in Minneapolis. “I saw no evidence — I saw a man that was retreating. He went to the middle of the street, he didn’t even obstruct traffic, he let a car go through. As the agents advanced on him, he retreated to the side of the street. A woman is violently...

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation in the shooting death of Alex Pretti, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters on Friday. "We’re looking at everything that would shed light on what happened that day and in the days and weeks leading up to what happened," Blanche said during a news conference on Friday. "That’s like any investigation that the Department of Justice and the FBI do every day. It means we’re looking at video, talking to witnesses, trying to understand what happened."

The Fatal Encounter That Sparked National ScrutinyThe killing of Alex Pretti has remained a focal point of national debate over federal immigration enforcement and the use of force. Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, was shot and killed by federal agents during an immigration enforcement operation on January 24. Bystander video from that encounter shows officers confronting Pretti at close range before shots were fired and, later, an agent removing a handgun from Pretti’s waistband after he was down on the ground. ✕ Remove AdsFederal officials have said agents believed Pretti posed an...

“Alex Pretti was filmed spitting at a federal SUV, smashing its tail light and fighting with cops 11 days before the fatal shooting that shocked America. Lawyers for Pretti's family confirmed to The Star Tribune that the agitator in the footage on January 11 is, in fact, him. Pretti's attendance was confirmed with the help of BBC facial recognition software and published in a joint effort between the British public broadcaster and The News Movement. “

Pretti is seen running to the intersection from the left and then screaming at ICE and breaking the turn signal.

The city of Sacramento reached a $160,000 settlement agreement with the father of a man who was shot to death by Sacramento police on a Regional Transit light rail train in August 2023. The agreement, signed earlier this month, dismisses the federal lawsuit alleging officers should have known Dante Dwaine Day, 44, was having a mental crisis and called for intervention. On Aug. 15 2023, Dante died after he boarded a light rail train at Sacramento City College with a knife and was shot by police.

The shocking cause of death for the California-based food influencer Michael Duarte has been revealed more than a month after he was shot and killed by a Texas sheriff’s deputy. Duarte — known online as FoodWithBearHands — died from a gunshot wound, a spokesperson for the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office told People on Wednesday. The full autopsy report remains pending, the spokesperson said.

STOCKTON, Calif. — A Stockton family is demanding answers from police after they say officers shot and killed Rocco Robinson, 19, during an encounter at Doray Court and Pixie Drive on Tuesday.