Police said he was an armed felon and an unlicensed security guard for the facility. They later recovered a loaded Taurus G3C at the scene and said Adams was carrying the gun.Well folks, there you have it- media inflaming tensions again.
(WGEM) – The Illinois State Police released new information Thursday regarding an officer-involved shooting that happened Wednesday afternoon in Hancock, County
A previous police statement said that officers opened fire after the man shot at them when they asked him to drop his gun. After shooting, the officer calls the…
More than 30 people lost their lives from gun violence around the country over a blood-spattered Memorial Day weekend — just days after the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Dozens of victims — including 13 in Philadelphia alone — lost their lives with violence spiraling across the nation.
Two Democrats who support police reforms are both CARJACKED just hours apart: Rep. Mary Scanlon is robbed at gunpoint in Philadelphia and Illinois Senator Kimberly Lightford and her husband are carjacked in Chicago
Democratic Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, 62, was robbed at gunpoint in Philadelphia’s FDR Park on Wednesday afternoon 16 hours after Illinois State Senator Kimberly Lightford, 53, and her husband, Eric McKennie, were also carjacked on Tuesday night in a suburb 20 minutes outside of Chicago. Both women supported police reform policies last year following the Black Lives Matter movement, with both co-sponsoring a bill in their respective offices to allow mental health specialists to be dispatched as first responders instead of police officers. Lightford, the Illinois Black Caucus chairwoman, had also previously supported cutting police budgets in the state, with Chicago proposing to slash $59 million from their police department’s budget.
BLUE PRAYER REQUEST: A Burton police officer and a Genesee County sheriff’s deputy are both in critical condition after a suspect opened fire on them during a foot chase on Tuesday afternoon.The incident occurred shortly before 3 p.m. on Dec. 21 in the area of Saginaw Street and Bristol Road on Burton’s west side, WJRT reported.
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said the Burton police officer and the Genesee County sheriff’s deputy responded to a call about shots fired. Leyton said that when the officer and deputy arrived on the scene, they spotted a man matching the description of the suspect and chased him on foot, WJRT reported.The suspect tried to climb a fence as he was fleeing but it collapsed, according to the prosecutor.The officer and the deputy were trying to pull the fence off of the suspect when he opened fire on them, shooting each of them multiple times, WJRT reported.Leyton said both law enforcement officers returned fire and shot the suspect multiple times
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