TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa police blockaded a neighborhood and searched with a SWAT team and dogs for a possible serial killer Tuesday after a fourth person was shot dead for no apparent reason. Residents of the Seminole Heights neighborhood reported hearing shots just before 5 a.m. Tuesday. Officers quickly moved in, and found the … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the security operation near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (all times local): 5 p.m. Paris police say an unidentified assailant has attacked a police officer near the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the officer then shot and wounded the attacker. A police spokesperson told The Associated Press that the … Continue reading
CINCINNATI (AP) — A jury of two blacks and 10 whites was seated on Monday for the murder trial of a white University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man during a traffic stop last year. The jury, with two black women, four white women and six white men, was chosen … Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four teenage students were shot in the shared parking lot of two San Francisco high schools, and one of the students is in critical condition, authorities said. The shooting occurred as students were being let out of school for the day Tuesday from the June Jordan School for Equity and City Arts and Technology High School, which … Continue reading
SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) — Authorities are looking for a man they say shot a K-9 that chased after him in Virginia. The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that 34-year-old Joseph Conway shot the dog Sunday night while attempting to flee from deputies. The incident began Sunday evening after deputies conducted a … Continue reading
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — One man was killed and four other people were wounded in a pair of shootings early Sunday, including one that happened on the University of Illinois campus. Police believe the two shootings in the eastern Illinois city of Champaign may be related. They say the first apparently stemmed from an argument … Continue reading
FLOYD, Va. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy was released from the hospital on Sunday after being shot several times while responding to a domestic disturbance call at a home in southwestern Virginia, police said. Virginia State Police said deputies who arrived at the home on Saturday encountered 41-year-old David Annarelli, who was armed with a … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Norfolk police say a 15-year-old girl was shot over the weekend. Police say the shooting occurred at about 6 p.m. on Sunday, September 4th. Police say witnesses told investigators that the girl was with a group of teenagers who were walking on Underwood Avenue when gunfire erupted from the direction of … Continue reading
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A police officer shot during a traffic stop in Albuquerque died early Thursday, October 29 just more than a week after an ex-convict opened fire on the decorated police veteran outside a pharmacy, police said. Chief Gorden Eden said in a statement that Officer Daniel Webster, who was shot on Oct. 21, … Continue reading
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police have identified a man who was shot and wounded by troopers following a high-speed chase on Interstate 81. State police spokesman Sgt. Richard C. Garletts says 25-year-old Justin Howard St. Clair of Fincastle remains hospitalized in stable condition. The shooting occurred on southbound I-81 in Botetourt County on … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police released the identity of an 18-year-old man on Thursday who was shot and killed by a Portsmouth police officer in a Wal-Mart parking lot a day earlier. Police said the person killed Wednesday morning was Portsmouth resident William L. Chapman II, who lives about three miles from where … Continue reading
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy who can be heard in a video cursing at a suspect who later died was unaware that a volunteer deputy had shot the man, the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office said. Spokesman Shannon Clark told the Wall Street Journal that the office would evaluate the Thursday, April 2 … Continue reading
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Police in Portsmouth say an officer fatally shot a drug suspect who fled when they attempted to question him. Department spokeswoman Misty Holley tells media outlets the man was shot Tuesday during a foot chase after he initially fled police in his vehicle and led them on a long pursuit through the … Continue reading
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An independent autopsy of an unarmed Mexican man killed by police in Washington state shows he was shot as many as seven times — including twice from behind — contradicting earlier statements from authorities, an attorney for the man’s family said Thursday, February 26 The second autopsy was commissioned by lawyer … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A sailor wounded in a police shooting is suing the city of Norfolk and the officer. Jasmine Glespie’s lawsuit says the officer used excessive force and was negligent. She’s seeking $5.3 million in damages. WAVY-TV (http://bit.ly/1zeHEOp ) reports that Glespie filed the lawsuit last month in Norfolk Circuit Court. A … Continue reading
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