Officers Shot Amid Black Lives Matter Protest
UPDATE: 11:38 p.m. EDT — Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Thursday night he was waiting for more details in a shooting that killed one police officer and left three more injured Thursday in downtown Dallas. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the police officers who were shot in #Dallas tonight,” he tweeted. UPDATE: 11:34 […]
Black Man Dies in Minnesota Police Shooting
A Minnesota man has died after a police shooting on Wednesday night in an incident broadcast live on Facebook. Philando Castile, 32, was shot by a police officer in St Paul, Minnesota, and later died in hospital, WCCO-TV reported. His death was confirmed by his mother, Valerie Castile, who said her son was a cafeteria […]
US Justice Department to investigate police shooting
The US Justice Department is to investigate the fatal shooting of a black man by police in Louisiana. It is reported the US attorney, the FBI and federal prosecutors will be involved in the inquiry. What happened? A second video showing the shooting death of #AltonSterling has emerged https://t.co/talcCuQMeF (Graphic images) pic.twitter.com/Na4nRUZVfN— CNN International (@cnni) […]
Man charged with attempted murder after Paterson shooting
PATERSON — A 25-year-old city man was arrested Tuesday for a shooting that wounded another man last week, cops said. Officers with the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office conducted a vehicle stop in the area of Oxford and North 9th streets at 3:20 a.m. Friday noticed gunfire damage to the vehicle, Paterson police director Jerry Speziale […]
3 children among at least 64 shot over holiday weekend in Chicago
CHICAGO — Independence Day weekend shootings in Chicago left 64 people wounded, four fatally, with a period of 15 hours Monday into Tuesday that accounted for half of the weekend’s victims. Twenty-eight of those shot were wounded after Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson spoke of progress at a Monday night press conference about 8 p.m., […]
Newark man dies days after city shooting, authorities say
NEWARK — One man has died from injuries he sustained in a July 1 shooting, authorities announced in a release Monday. Raheem Ards, 38, of Newark, was shot in the 400 block of South 17th Street last Friday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in the […]
Police officer shot dead while praying in mosque
QUETTA: Another police Sub inspector was gunned down while praying inside the mosque in Chaman Pattak in this provincial Capital on Monday afternoon. He received five bullet wounds from a very close range killing him instantly. According to the Civil Line Police, Former Station House officer (SHO) and presently attached with NAB Balochistan Malik Mushtaq […]
Spike in homicides leaves N.J. city reeling
PLAINFIELD — Willie Lee Major II was eating a frozen popsicle the last time his mother saw him. The 37-year-old left their home of 25 years on Plainfield Avenue after finishing the dessert and headed to the 400 block of West 4th Street, about a half-mile walk, where he was then shot to death. “He […]
N.J. man killed by off-duty cop was with his family during the shooting, reports say
The brother of a New Jersey man who was fatally shot early this morning by an off-duty police officer after an apparent road rage incident said the 37-year-old was visiting his family at the time of the altercation, reports say. Delron Dempsey, a Jersey City resident, grew up in East New York and was visiting […]
Wisconsin Man Shoots At Kid Shooting Off Fireworks
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A 45-year-old Greenfield man could be charged after firing a .40-caliber pistol in the direction of a child who the man said was shooting off fireworks Saturday night, the Greenfield Police Department said. The child called police to the 3900 block of S. 84th St. about 10 p.m. Saturday with […]