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A newly released body camera video shows officers pleading with a man to drop a knife before fatally shooting him at his DeKalb County condominium. Matthew Williams, 35, was killed by police Monday after bodycam footage appeared to show him chasing after an officer outside his home with the knife in his hand. It was an incident where the very premise of the 911 call was flawed, according to the body camera video and information provided by Chief Ramos. DeKalb Police arrived at a house where a neighbor had reported a prowler. “What are you doing here? You live here?”...

LANCASTER, Pa. — Lancaster police Chief Jarrad Berkihiser said an officer who shot and killed a man armed with a knife was in imminent danger of losing his life and acted appropriately. The police shooting death of 27-year-old Ricardo Munoz on Sunday was captured on an officer's body cam. Looking at that body cam video, Berkihiser said his officer's actions were justified. "There's been some question about, you know, where was the officer's backup? And should the officer have waited for backup? And that's a good question, and we can't always wait for backup," he said. Berkihiser said the officer...

A Georgia family is in shock following the death of their 17-year-old son, who was accidentally killed by a police officer who believed the video game controller he was holding was a gun, according to the family’s lawyer. Christopher Roupe of Euharlee, Georgia heard a knock at the door of the family’s home last Friday night. Upon opening the door, he was immediately shot by a female police officer. Roupe was pronounced dead upon arrival at a local hospital. The officer broke down it tears upon realizing her mistake, according to The New York Daily News. She had been making...

BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. -- UPDATE: We are currently following a developing situation in Buchanan County, Virginia. Dickenson County authorities now confirm four deputies have been shot near Grundy. Law enforcement officers from several different departments are on the scene. They are currently searching for the suspect. The wounded offcers are being flown to a nearby hospital. It happened just after 3:00 P.M. this afternoon. We have a crew enroute to the scene. Stay with us on the web and on Fox Tri-Cities News at Ten and News Five Tonight at 11 for the latest details. We will be updating this...

A 28-year-old man's aggressiveness at an auto parts store led to his shooting Monday by an off-duty police officer, according to a state investigator. But a friend of the man disputed he was acting aggressively and claims the officer never identified himself before firing the fatal shoot. James Whitehead died after being shot in the parking lot of O'Reilly Auto Parts on Monday afternoon. The Orange police officer involved in the shooting, Capt. Robert Arnold, was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the Texas Rangers, according to Police Chief Sam Kittrell. Witnesses say Whitehead, who is white, used...