Police shooting

Two police officers were shot in Newark, New Jersey, Tuesday by a suspect armed with a gun who fled to a nearby building, according to police and law enforcement officials. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said at a Tuesday evening press conference that they received a call around 1 p.m. in regards to a previous shooting on Oct. 28. The caller…

A now-former San Antonio police officer was charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated assault by a peace officer in last week’s shooting of a teen who was eating a hamburger in his car in a McDonald’s parking lot.

Police in New York City fired upon two men Saturday evening, killing each in separate incidents where top officials allege the suspects brandished a firearm and shot at officers. Unfolding within hours of each other, officers attempting arrests in Queens and Brooklyn exchanged gunfire that took the lives of a man who threated city and state officials and another that…

Police in Akron, Ohio released body camera footage showing officers fatally shoot Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, on June 27. Attorney Bernarda Villalona, who reviewed the footage, has questions about what the officers knew at the time they opened fire at Walker, who had at least 60 bullet wounds. She joined LX News host Eric Alvarez to discuss...

A federal jury has awarded $21 million to the family of a pregnant teen who was shot and killed by undercover police officers in Northern California five years ago.

There’s a very emotional and complicated issue that continues to evolve here in Connecticut. Lawmakers are pledging to continue to re-evaluate the relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve. This comes as Trooper Brian North faces manslaughter charges in the shooting death of 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane after a police chase that ended in West Haven in January 2020….

The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded Friday that authorities publicly identify the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and native of Congo who was fatally shot in the back of the head after a struggle.

The Grand Rapids Police Department released video from three different angles on Wednesday that show the moment an officer shot and killed 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya during a traffic stop.

A Michigan police officer struggling with a Black man over a Taser pulled out his gun and fatally shot him in the head while the 26-year-old was face down on the ground, according to videos of the April 4 confrontation released Wednesday.

Two police officers in Frederick, Maryland were shot on Friday, Feb. 11 while responding to an afternoon call regarding an armed suspect at an intersection.

The teen was taken to a hospital with a life-threatening injury. The shooting appears to be an accident, officials said.

The heartbroken mother and father of a 14-year-old girl struck and killed by a stray bullet during a police shooting at a Southern California clothing store spoke Tuesday at a news conference one day after the LAPD released video of the violent encounter that led to the teen’s death.

It’s been 22 months since Mubarak Soulemane was shot and killed by Connecticut State Trooper Brian North in West Haven on January 15, 2020.

A Houston police officer was shot dead and another officer wounded while serving a warrant at an apartment complex Monday morning.

The family of a Black man fatally shot by police in North Carolina last week said they were shown a 20-second clip of one body camera’s footage on Monday.

At least six people were fatally shot by officers across the United States in the 24 hours after jurors reached a verdict in the murder case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin

A group of activists gathered outside City Hall Friday after 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was shot and killed by a police officer earlier in the week.