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Towson, MD
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Officer Struck, Man Killed In Police-Involved Shooting In Maryland: AG
An officer-involved shooting that left a Baltimore man dead during the holiday weekend remains under investigation by the Maryland Attorney General. Anthony Ferguson, 39, has been identified by the AG's Independent Investigations Division (IID) as the person who was involved in a fatal shooting on Friday, May 24. According to investigators, shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Friday, officers on patrol in the 3400 block of South Hanover Street in Baltimore, where they began questioning Ferguson, who was sitting on the porch of a commercial building. "A preliminary review of body-worn camera footaβ¦
Armonk, NY
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New Update: Man Charged With Trying To Murder Officer At Armonk Home
A 38-year-old man faces an attempted murder charge after trying to stab an officer in the back at a Northern Westchester residence, police announced. Armonk resident Joseph Spennato was arraigned at Westchester Medical Center on Tuesday evening, May 28 in connection with his alleged attack on an officer at his home on Monday, May 20, the Westchester County Police Department announced. Earlier Report - Man Shot By Officers On Hallock Place In Armonk According to the department, Spennato's arrest resulted from an incident at his Armonk home on Hallock Place that began around β¦
Cambridge, MA
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Knife-Wielding Man Shot By Police In Malden Following Armed Robbery: DA
Authorities are investigating a non-fatal police shooting in Malden after an officer wounded a knife-wielding armed robbery suspect on Wednesday morning, officials said. Dominique Matthew Long, 31, of Malden, was arrested following the shooting and will be charged with armed robbery, assault and battery, three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, and intimidation of a witness, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said. He will be arraigned after he is released from the hospital. Malden police received a 911 call about a disturbance near 260 Eastern Avenue around 9:15 aβ¦
York, PA
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Man Killed By Police In Nursing Home Shooting Identified: York DA
A man who was shot dead by a police officer inside a Central Pennsylvania nursing home has been identified and details leading up to his death have been released by the York County Coroner's and District Attorney Dave Sunday's offices on Friday afternoon. Zachariah Alexander White, 32 from out of the state but temporarily residing in York, was shot dead at Rest Haven Nursing Home at 1050 South George Street in Spring Garden Township at 12:48 p.m. on May 2, according to the York County Department of Emergency Services, PSP, the coroner, and the DA. At a press conference, District Attorβ¦
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
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Police Shoot, Injure Hammer-Wielding Man In Philadelphia: Authorities
Officials have released new details in the police shooting of a man allegedly armed with a hammer in Philadelphia last Saturday, April 20. Authorities said 23-year-old Maurice Samuels was at an East Cliveden Street apartment with two women when he got into an argument and was asked to leave. He later returned to the apartment and climbed inside through a window, "continuing the argument which was domestic in nature," according to police. A second man, a 26-year-old who authorities said was the "subject of the argument," arrived at the apartment and knocked at the front door.&nbsβ¦
Norwich, CT
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Police Officer Shoots Person During Disturbance At CT Home
An investigation is underway after a police officer shot a person during a disturbance at a Connecticut home. The incident occurred in New London County around 6:20 p.m., Thursday, April 18, on Norwich Avenue in Colchester. Connecticut State Police said preliminary information indicates that investigators contacted an individual shortly after arriving at the home. "A Colchester Police officer at the scene discharged their duty weapon at the individual, causing injury," state police said. No one else in the surrounding area was injured. EMS responded to the address, and β¦
Reading, PA
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Police Shootout: Man Points Loaded Gun At Officers In Berks County Alleyway, DA Says
A Berks County gunman is in custody after police say he led police on a foot pursuit and then pointed a gun at them, prompting them to fire their service weapons over the weekend. Laureldale officers were called to the 1400 block of Frush Valley Road three times for a disorderly man around early Sunday, April 14, District Attorney John T. Adams said. Officers eventually found Angel Deleon on Rosedale Avenue south of Margaret Street, Adams said. An officer approached Deleon and told him to stop, but Deleon refused to comply with the officerβs commands and entered an alleyway locateβ¦
Edison, NJ
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: Police Justified Shooting Knife-Wielding NJ Man, Grand Jury Finds
UPDATE: Police were justified in shooting a New Jersey man seen on bodycam video charging at an officer with a knife, a grand jury investigation required by state law found. Luke Mendez, 26, had his wrapped around the knife handle as he barreled down the steps of an Old Bridge home last April 24. Mendez was only two steps from the landing -- less than three feet from an Old Bridge officer -- when he left police no choice. Mendez was pronounced dead at a local hospital about 90 minutes later. Grand jurors reviewed various evidence but didn't really need any more than the bodycam videoβ¦
Reading, PA
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Reading Police Shoot And Kill Knife-Wielding Man: Authorities (
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Update: The Berks County District Attorney's Office has identified the man as 50-year-old Damon S. Stern. Reading police officers said they killed a man who was armed with a knife early Monday morning, March 25. Authorities were called to the 400 block of Windsor Street around 3:45 a.m. for reports of a "male armed with a knife making suicidal threats," the department said in a release. Police said they commanded the man to drop the knife, "however, the male ignored those commands and moved towards the officers," the release says. They shot him and he succumbeβ¦
Hamilton Township, NJ
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Authorities ID Gunman Killed In Shootout That Wounded NJ Officer During Domestic Call
π¨π£πππ§π: A man who wounded a Hamilton Township police officer and was killed in a shootout earlier this month was formally identified by state authorities on Wednesday. Vincent Correa, 44, of Hamilton fired a rifle at Officers Derek Fiabane and Paul Piromalli as they responded to a 911 domestic call on Orchard Avenue shortly after 10 p.m. March 8, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. "The officers returned fire, fatally wounding Correa," the attorney general said on March 20. The father of two -- who Platkin said was also carrying a handgun -- was pronounced dead at the scβ¦
Elizabeth, NJ
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Grand Jury Backs Elizabeth Officer Who Stopped Knife-Wielding Man Attempting To Stab Woman
π¨π£πππ§π: An Elizabeth police officer was fully justified in neutralizing an enraged man who went after a woman with a long-bladed knife last summer, a state grand jury has found. New Jersey law requires grand jury reviews of all fatal police shootings even when police bodycam video is clear -- as in this case -- and there's no mistaking the series of events (ditto). This one was literally over in seconds. Officer Steven Lazo and his partner had just responded to a 911 call of an unwanted person involved in a dispute on Amity Street shortly after 8 a.m. July 29, when the incident occurred. β¦
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
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Scottish Man ID'd After Fatal Shot By Officers In Central PA: Coroner
The person shot dead by police in Central Pennsylvania has been identified as a Scottish man who had allegedly caused a disturbance, the Cumberland County Coroner told Daily Voice on March 18. Gregor Fleming, 44 of Glasgow, UK, was shot dead in the 5000 block of Erbs Bridge Road in Hampden Township on Thursday, March 7, authorities said. State police made the following statement about the events that led to the fatal shooting: "During the course of the investigation, the subject of the disturbance displayed a firearm. At that time, the officers discharged their firearms stβ¦
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