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Skernivitz had been sworn in as a member of the Violent Crime Task Force to work as part of Operation Legend this past Wednesday. The federal operation has aimed to crack down on violent crime in several major U.S. cities. The chief described the shooting victim as an “excellent” member of the force. The shooting unfolded in the west side of the city around 10 p.m., police union president Jeff Follmer told Fox 8. The police officer had been riding in a patrol car that was fired upon several times, with the car crashing, sources told the station. The officer...

A Salem police officer was shot early Friday, and the suspects remain at large. Salem police said the officer, who has not been publicly identified, is being treated at a hospital. He is expected to survive. The officer was shot during an encounter near Mission Street Southeast and 17th Street, according to police, who didn’t provide further details. The suspect or suspects in the shooting fled, according to police. Officers are working to apprehend them, and SWAT officers could be seen in video footage from the area. Police said there’s no public threat, though didn’t say why they believe that....

AMERICUS, GA (WTVM) - The Sumter County Sheriff's Office chaplain announced at a vigil Wednesday night that the second officer shot by an armed and dangerous suspect earlier in the day has made it out of surgery. Americus Police Officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, 25, was shot and killed by 32 year-old Minguel Lembrick. Lembrick was identified as the suspect by the Sumter Co. Sheriff's Office. The second officer, Officer Smith, was also shot.

NEW YORK – A New York City police officer was shot Tuesday night and two suspects were taken into custody, a police spokesman said. New York Police Department Sgt. Carlos Nieves said on Twitter the shooting happened in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. He said two suspects were taken into custody and police were looking for a third person. Police provided no further details on the officer's condition or the circumstances of the shooting. A spokeswoman for Mayor Bill de Blasio said the officer was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens...

NYC police officer killed; 'Sopranos' actor ID'd as a suspect AP December 10, 2005 New York - An off-duty police officer was killed Saturday in a gunfight with two burglars outside his home, and authorities said an actor from "The Sopranos" was a suspect. Daniel Enchautegui, 28, a three-year veteran, was pronounced dead at a hospital following the 5:15 a.m. shooting, said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. He was the second officer to die in the line of duty in two weeks. "This is a loss to the department and the city," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who joined Kelly at the...