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Authorities say one burglary suspect is dead and another arrested after a 13-year-old boy opened fire at a home in Ladson on Tuesday. The Charleston County Coroner's Office identified the deceased suspect as 31-year-old Lamar Brown of Summerville who died at Trident Hospital at 2:32 p.m. from gunshot wounds. Investigators with the Charleston County Sheriff's Office arrested 28-year-old Ira J. Bennett of North Charleston and charged him with first-degree burglary and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. Around 1:53 p.m., deputies responded to a home on Elderwood Drive in the Woodside community for a report...

QUINCY - A Reno man who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder stemming from a Saturday night car chase in the remote backcountry near Antelope Lake could face additional charges after one of the men he shot died today. Gregory Wallen-Reed, 36, who owns a home near Janesville, pursued a blue sedan that left his property after its occupants allegedly stole solar lights from his driveway, said Plumas County Sheriff Gregory Hagwood. When an occupant of the sedan fired on his truck, Wallen-Reed fired back,

Los Angeles police who confronted and fatally shot an apparently drunk man with a knife who was threatening a pregnant woman and her child is a hero, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa asserted Wednesday. The mayor also defended police Chief Charlie Beck, who was shouted down at a community meeting meant to calm residents in the neighborhood where the officer-involved shooting occurred Sunday afternoon near MacArthur Park. Protesters have taken to the streets in anger three nights in a row — setting fires, dumping garbage and throwing rocks and bottles at police — since an LAPD bicycle patrol officer shot and killed...

NDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Metro police say a man was shot and killed in a downtown apartment late Sunday afternoon. Police tell 24 Hour News 8 the man was trying to rob two men who were moving into the building at 1503 N. Pennsylvania St.

Deputies say at least one gunman was killed in an early-morning home invasion near Wagram. Anthony Martin, of Kale Street in Wagram, was shot to death in the failed robbery attempt while two others masked men fled, according to Shep Jones. The sheriff's department did not have Martin's age. Investigators say one of the robbers was 40-year old William Anthony Strickland, according to Jones. The last-known address for Strickland is 9539 Springview Road in Charlotte. Jones would not say how Strickland was identified as a suspect. Warrants were obtained for Stricklands arrest on charges of robbery, burglary and felony assault....

SAN FRANCISCO -- A car-burglary suspect fell to his death early today after he climbed over a wall on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill while trying to flee from police, authorities said. The incident began at 12:30 a.m. when police received reports of a someone breaking into a car on the unit block of Alta Street near Montgomery Street, east of Coit Tower. Officers set up surveillance in the area and spotted the man getting out of car. Police tried to stop him, but he took off running. At one point, he stumbled, and a screwdriver fell out of his pocket,...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A man who was shot by a San Francisco police officer while fleeing to avoid a panhandling citation has died, authorities said today. The man died at 6:25 p.m. Sunday at San Francisco General Hospital, according to the medical examiner's office. His name wasn't released pending notification of his family. The shooting occurred about 3:20 p.m., after someone complained to police about a panhandler on the median strip of Van Ness Avenue at Greenwich. An officer responded and went onto the median to cite the man, who was uncooperative, said police Sgt. Steve Mannina. When the officer...

When Rashad Williams was growing up in San Francisco, he was a track star with a future. In 1999, at age 15, he turned into a national hero by raising $40,000 for a victim of the Columbine massacre. Last year, he robbed two banks. In December, he died -- shot to death by a Clearlake man who said his home was being invaded. Rashad Williams was 21. "I don't know how I'm going to deal with this," said his mother, Sheila Burton. "My child is gone." For Williams' friends and family, it is a shocking end to a life that...

Plymouth, Mass. -- Police shot and killed a 16-year-old boy early Tuesday after he drove a car at them while fleeing the scene of a possible burglary attempt, authorities said. The two officers opened fire, killing Anthony McGrath, following a high-speed chase that started at a liquor store in Plymouth. "My son got a death sentence," the boy's mother, Denise McGrath, told reporters. "I want to know who killed my son for no reason at all."

New Orleans -- The city's police chief Thursday came out in support of an independent review board to investigate police shootings, a demand made by black ministers after a black man was killed by officers earlier this week. Police Superintendent Warren Riley met with the ministers for nearly two hours and said afterward that he will back their request to the City Council for an independent review process. The meeting came three days after police shot and killed Anthony Hayes, 38, who was wielding a hunting knife. Hayes' confrontation with 18 officers — but not the shooting itself — was...

NEW ORLEANS - The knife-wielding man shot to death by New Orleans police in a confrontation caught on videotape had a long arrest record, Police Superintendent Warren Riley said Wednesday. Anthony Hayes, 38, was shot Monday after allegedly lunging at police with a 3-inch blade. Part of Hayes' confrontation with 18 officers - though not the shooting itself - was videotaped by at least three bystanders. Riley said Hayes had a long record, but he wouldn't give details. He told reporters he knew nothing directly about Hayes' mental health, only that relatives have told television stations he was schizophrenic. Two...

Los Angeles -- The district attorney's office announced Monday that no charges will be filed against the police officer involved in the February shooting death of a 13-year-old boy who rammed a stolen vehicle into a patrol car after a short chase. The early morning shooting of Devin Brown on Feb. 6 sparked protests in the South Los Angeles area where the shooting occurred. The Los Angeles Police Department sent its findings to the district attorney's office Aug. 5 for a decision on whether to prosecute Officer Steven Garcia, the officer who shot the black teen. District Attorney Steve Cooley,...

The autopsy on a man who died as Oakland police arrested him Thursday found no evidence to support witnesses' allegations that the man was beaten by officers, the police chief said Saturday. Instead, police said Patrick Gaston swallowed a sandwich bag filled with narcotics and apparently choked to death as he struggled with officers trying to handcuff him. Gaston's exact cause of his death has not yet been determined, but Police Chief Wayne Tucker said there is nothing to suggest that police did anything wrong. "Mr. Gaston was not traumatized by our staff," the chief said. "We didn't strike him...

LOS ANGELES - A 15-year-old burglary suspect died Wednesday, a day after being shot by a woman who told police she returned to her South Los Angeles home to confront a tire iron-wielding boy in her house. The shooting took place about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday when Mary Ann Talley, 59, returned to her home after her daily walk, police said in a statement. When Talley entered her home, a young burglar confronted her with a tire iron and she shot him with a handgun she keeps for protection. The boy was taken to a hospital where he died Wednesday, said...

LOS ANGELES - A war of words is following a standoff and shootout with police that left a 19-month-old girl and her gun-wielding father dead. The man's brother on Tuesday called officers' actions "cruel" and the police chief hinted at Jose Pena's family troubles. "It's been cruel what's happened to my brother," German Pena told reporters in South Los Angeles. Pena described his brother as ill and criticized officers - one of whom was shot by Pena - for abruptly storming an office in an effort to end Sunday's nearly three-hour standoff. "They didn't have any patience, none at all,...

Suspect at casino had traffic violation in rare police killing - An Emeryville police officer shot and killed a man outside a popular casino early Monday after the suspect pinned the officer with a stolen car, authorities said as they investigated the small East Bay city's first fatal shooting by police in decades. Julio Paredes, 23, of Oakland died after an officer shot him at about 3:45 a.m. in the parking lot of the Oaks Card Club at 4097 San Pablo Ave., authorities said. The incident happened after an Emeryville K-9 officer stopped Paredes for an traffic violation as...