Associated Press (07/29)
CHICAGO (AP) — A high-ranking member of the Chicago Police Department who was promoted earlier this month was found dead after he apparently shot himself in a station on the city’s West Side,
Category: Suicide by Cop
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press, MINNEAPOLIS (AP) 02/10 — No charges will be filed against five police officers who fatally shot a man who livestreamed himself being chased by police,
By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) 08/20 — Lawyers for a transgender woman charged in a massive data breach at Capital One asked a judge Tuesday to release her from federal custody,
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) 08/02 — A West Texas man whom investigators said was planning a mass shooting has been charged with making false statements to a firearms dealer.
By JACQUES BILLEAUD, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) 02/21 — An Islamic State follower asked a Phoenix-area sheriff’s sergeant during a violent encounter six weeks ago to shoot him after he threw rocks at the officer and walked toward him with a knife in hand,
By STEVEN DUBOIS, Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) 01/26 — The family of an Arizona rancher who was killed by police during the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon alleged in a U.S.
By TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) 01/20 — A northern Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy was justified when he shot and killed a 14-year-old boy on a tribal reservation last year,
By KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Three people face charges of inciting a riot and battery of an officer after violent clashes with campus police at Georgia Tech following a vigil for a student fatally shot by officers,
SAN DIEGO (AP) 05/07 — Police shot and killed a 15-year-old student Saturday after he pointed a BB gun at them in a high school parking lot,
MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) 03/21 — A man wanted for a sex crime opened fire on Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies outside their station after they tried to arrest him,
SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) 11/15 — The gunfire had the makings for controversy when three white police officers shot a black man multiple times last year in a downtown Reno casino parking garage.
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) 11/15 — Authorities in central Florida say a man threatening to kill himself is dead after he exchanged gunfire with sheriff’s deputies during a standoff.
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) 10/17 — Authorities say New Jersey police shot and wounded a man who called in false reports about a gunman and then used a television remote to mimic a deadly weapon as he walked toward them.
LOS ANGELES (AP) 10/06 — A 16-year-old boy shot dead last weekend as he pointed a fake gun at police wanted to kill himself, Police Chief Charlie Beck said Thursday.