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When an off-duty officer was driving through the area, he witnessed a robbery in progress. The officer shot and killed the man after he pulled out a gun. [103] 2024-07-08 Nicholas Elias Fernandez (26) Hispanic Easley, South Carolina: Police responded to a call about a man threatening physical harm to a manager at Tractor Supply Company.
Animal Protection Police officers are part of the Operations Command and are specially trained law enforcement officers who investigate dog bites and attacks and complaints of animal cruelty. They respond to emergencies involving sick or injured domestic and wild animals. They enforce county codes and state laws pertaining to animals.
John Geer was killed on August 29, 2013, in the Pohick Hills neighborhood [1] of Springfield, Virginia. Geer was fatally shot by Fairfax County Police Department officer Adam Torres, after a 42-minute standoff. Geer was unarmed with his hands raised above his shoulders, but a holstered gun was reportedly on the floor away from his body, as he ...
Officers spotted a suspect exiting a suspicious vehicle. Police attempted to stop the man, but he ran toward an interstate and jumped down a retaining wall. He then disposed of the gun in the ...
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 102 federal, state and local officers to have been killed in 2012. [11] The official count from the FBI is that 27 law enforcement officers were 'feloniously' killed in the line of duty in 2013 (the lowest in a 35-year period 1980–2014), and an additional 49 died in accidents (total ...
A Virginia police officer who was asked to perform a welfare check at a deserted home around 4 a.m. Saturday was shot by a suspect inside and died that evening.
A Washington, D.C., police officer was fatally shot after a gun he was trying to retrieve from a storm drain on Wednesday suddenly went off, ... have died in the line of duty in 2024 so far, ...
Officers responding to a disturbance call at residence were fired upon Eddie Davis who wounded one officer in the leg. Gun shots were returned and suspect suffered fatal injuries. [106] 2014-08-11: Torrez Harris (52) Black: Canton, Mississippi: Harris shot and killed his step-daughter and ran to a nearby laundry where officers shot and killed him.