A family is demanding answers after their loved one — 26-year-old Dexter Reed — died after apparently firing on Chicago police officers during a traffic stop last month.The traffic stop went awry almost immediately.Around 3 p.m. on March 21, five members of a tactical unit with the Chicago Police Department pulled Reed over ostensibly because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt.One officer ordered Reed to roll down his window. Reed, who was in the driver's seat, initially obliged but then almost as...
A man who was brandishing a firearm at a Long Beach park was shot and killed by officers on Wednesday. Long Beach police responded to reports of a man holding a gun at MacArthur Park at around 4:21
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office said an officer and civilian were both taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
REDDING, Cal. – A 36-year-old man is in jail after being shot by a Redding Police Officer following a short police chase on April 10. According to police, Redding Police Park Rangers approached two men who were reportedly trespassing on private property near the intersection of Hartnell Avenue and East Cypress Avenue. One of the […]
A Toronto police officer shot a 28-year-old man who stabbed him during an altercation in the city's west end on Friday afternoon, the province's police watchdog said. The incident occurred at around 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot of a plaza in the area of College Street and Lansdowne Avenue. Kristy Denette, a spokesperson for the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), told reporters at the scene that Toronto police received a call at a residence about a person in crisis. Officers located the...
Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara said Reed 'continued to fire at the officers while they were firing those 90 rounds.'
Bodycam footage shows Met officers being shot at by a man as they raided a
The suspect was not hit and was taken into custody.
Bodycam footage from the Chicago police officers who pulled Dexter Reed over may illuminate what caused the encounter to go sideways, resulting in his fatal shooting.
Updated at 4:35 p.m. Burlington and state police are searching for a man who set a fire on Friday morning at the Church Street Marketplace office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Burlington police said the unknown suspect entered the building, at 1 Church Street, around 10:45 a.m. He “sprayed an apparent accelerant” on Sanders’ third-floor office door, lit a fire and fled. “A significant fire engulfed the door,” police said, which prevented staffers from escaping, “endangering their...
The police chief in Albany, New York, says an officer was "ambushed" by a driver who shot him the leg as he approached a vehicle following an attempted traffic stop and returned fire, killing the man.
COPA said video footage and initial reports confirm that Dexter Reed fired first, hitting an officer. COPA said four other officers then returned fire.