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On June 20, at around 7:17 a.m., three officers with the Knoxville Police Department responded to calls about a woman armed with a knife who was threatening to harm herself and others on Belle Terra Road. That woman was later identified as Shilo M. Rice, 49. She was fatally shot by all three officers after she ran towards them with a knife. On July 1, KPD released bodycam footage from the shooting. It starts with the three officers walking down the road, surrounded by multifamily buildings and cars parked along the street. They began approaching one of the homes after searching for the correct building number. As they search for the building, one officer appears to have his gun drawn. "I can hear someone yelling in there," one officer said. The group stops in the road as an officer points at something in the distance. An officer then shouts out with his weapon still drawn. "Hi," he said. All three then raise their guns as Rice appears from near one of the homes' doors. In the footage, she is a few car lengths away from the officers, and all three begin shouting for her to stop. The video shows her charging towards the officers with a knife in her hand. "Don't do it! Don't do it! Don't you do it! Don't do it! Don't do it!" one of the officers said. She then appears over a small hill with her arm raised above her head, knife in hand. She is around a single car length away from the officers when one of them fires, followed by the other two firing their weapons. Rice falls to the ground while the guns continue going off. "Please stay down," one officer said. The video shows them as they stop firing their weapons and order her to stay on the ground. One officer orders her to show them her hands. She begins scrambling around on the ground and grabs the knife she dropped. Rice then starts standing back up, knife in hand. Officers fire their guns again, and she falls on her back. One officer reloads his gun and the group begins ordering her to stay down. She appears to try and stand up again, before collapsing. "Shiloh, stay down. Please stay down," one officer said. They order her to toss the knife away as she stops moving. They then approach her by her side, keeping their guns trained on her. Then, they walk up towards her and begin giving medical aid around 30 seconds after the last shot was fired. One officer runs back to a KPD cruiser and retrieves what appears to be a medical kit and they start evaluating where she was shot. Rice was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.

Local police officers responded to a unique call early Sunday morning. Kettering police body camera footage shows multiple officers trying to catch four chickens around 6:40 a.m. A social media post from the department said the officers were eventually able to catch the chickens. “You think the prosecutor would accept Fleeing and Eluding charges for this?” the post said. The department said no chickens were harmed in the chase.

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office released body-camera and aerial video of a deputy-involved shooting on May 14 that left one man to die three days later. KCSO said on the afternoon of May 14, 2024, deputies responded to a ‘keep the peace’ and ‘wellness check’ request in the 10000 block of Shellabarger Road. Later that day, deputies received multiple reports that a man allegedly under the influence of cocaine and in possession of an AR-15 style rifle, who was having a mental health crisis at the same address. KCSO released audio of the 911 call made by the man’s girlfriend asking for a wellness check for deputies. KCSO said deputies responded and found that the situation was a civil issue. The man, identified as 47-year-old Robert Robinson, refused to get out of the home at that time, but did not display any signs of being a danger to himself or anyone else, according to KCSO. KCSO said deputies completed the call for service and left the area. According to KCSO, the girlfriend called 911 at around 8 p.m. to report Robinson was armed with a gun and was allegedly having a mental health crisis. KCSO released audio of the second 911 call and the third 911 call. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said neighbors began to call 911 for fear of safety and to report his erratic behavior. KCSO released calls from the neighbors. The sheriff’s office said deputies and the Air Support Unit were called to the scene at around 8:15 p.m. and K-9 unit dispatched at 8:18 p.m. to investigate reports that Robinson was possibly armed with a weapon and suicidal. KCSO said deputies arrived on scene at around 8:30 p.m. and tried to talk to Robinson. There were active negotiations with Robinson for about 30 minutes. KCSO released video of Air Support and deputies giving verbal commands and calls for negotiations. The man shot at deputies, and a deputy returned fire. Robinson was struck and treated by medical personnel before being taken to the hospital for treatment. Robinson was arrested for attempted murder of a peace officer. He died from his injuries on May 17, 2024. The use of force in this incident was determined to be within department policy.

The Fayetteville Police Department deputy chief was arrested on June 26 at 10:41 p.m. by Arkansas State Police. Deputy Chief Bradley Renfro was stopped by a trooper at Wedington Drive and Fieldstone Avenue for a defective headlight. Renfro was later arrested for driving while intoxicated, refusing to submit to a chemical test, and having a defective headlight. The release states that Renfro is on administrative leave. An internal investigation is ongoing. ASP is investigating the criminal offenses of the arrest. Renfro was appointed as deputy chief of FPD in December 2023. He was honorably discharged from the United States Army and has served in law enforcement for 27 years.

A Florida man was arrested and charged with aggravated battery after he allegedly hit his girlfriend in the head with a bottle of vodka, choked her and fled. After using both his hands and a rope to attempt to choke her, bystanders who saw him chasing her were temporarily able to pin him to the ground "to prevent Joiner from causing more harm," the Port Orange Police Department said on social media. Jeriel Joiner fled and swam to an island along the Intracoastal Waterway on the state’s Atlantic coast June 23, police said. Body camera video shows officers being taken to the island on a Florida Fish and Wildlife boat and Joiner being arrested after he was found hiding inside a tent. Suspect hiding in a tent Joiner was found hiding inside a tent on the island. (Port Orange Police Department) Joiner was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, domestic battery by strangulation and felony battery. Police said Joiner’s girlfriend likely broke an arm during the confrontation.

A suspect was arrested on Friday night after a chase with White Settlement police. White Settlement Police Chief Chris Cook says license plate readers tipped off officers about a suspect with a felony warrant from Southlake in the area. When police tried to stop the car, the suspect rammed into a police vehicle and took off, according to police. Officers with White Settlement Police deployed a tracking dart, known as StarChase, onto the suspect's vehicle. The chase went into Fort Worth, where police officers from the Fort Worth Police Department deployed spike strips. The car eventually stopped near downtown Fort Worth because both tires on the right side of the vehicle had been deflated. According to police, the suspect then ran from his vehicle and tried to carjack a driver in a black pickup on I-35. Tasers were deployed by officers to stop the potential carjacking, and the suspect was taken into custody. White Settlement police say all officers involved in the pursuit are okay.

0:00 - Bodycam 1 2:09 - Bodycam 2 6:09 - Bodycam 3 ----- The Albuquerque Police Department released an update on an officer-involved shooting that injured Officer Zachary Garris and the suspect, 29-year-old Santiago Perez. In a news conference Tuesday, APD said officers were searching for a reported stolen vehicle out of Rio Rancho when they located it at the Adam’s Food Mart at Central and Pennsylvania. Officers surrounded the vehicle and told those inside to get out. That’s when they say Perez fired two shots, and at least one of the bullets hit Officer Garris in both of his hands. Officer Isaiah Relaford and Perez exchanged fire, but neither was hit. As Perez tried to flee, Officer Howard Perry shot Perez, hitting him in the arm and leg. Perez remains in the hospital but is expected to survive. According to APD, Perez was out on probation for a 2014 robbery case. There was a woman in the vehicle with Perez as well; she was questioned and then released. APD said the gun Perez used was originally used by the Rhode Island State Police Department, but was sold/transferred to an arms dealer. They said they are working with the ATF to track the history of the gun and how it ended up in New Mexico. Police said they also found fentanyl and meth on Perez.

The Utica Police Department released the body camera footage of when an officer killed 13-year-old Nyah Mway of June 28. The department sent multiple videos from different angles that showed the moment officers confronted Mway and another juvenile on the 900 block of Shaw St to when Mway fled from the officers that lead to an officer firing one round that resulted in the death of the 13-year-old. Police said the Mway displayed what appeared to be a handgun and pointed it at the officers. The officers involved have been identified. The Utica Police Department wrote, the three Utica Police Officers assigned to the Crime Prevention Unit involved in last night’s incident are identified as Patrick Husnay, a six-year veteran of the Utica Police Department. Officer Husnay is the officer that fired his duty weapon striking the juvenile. Bryce Patterson, a four-year veteran, and Andrew Citriniti, a two-and-a-half-year veteran who previously served with the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office. Officers recovered a replica GLOCK 17 Gen 5 handgun with a detachable magazine following the shooting.

0:00 - Dashcam 1:54 - Bodycam 1 7:33 - Bodycam 2 16:29 - Bodycam 3 ----- The Columbus Division of Police released body camera video showing two officers firing their guns at a knife-wielding man accused of stabbing three people near Blacklick on Tuesday. Officers were dispatched to Hoskins Way in the Waterford Park neighborhood for reports of multiple people being stabbed at a house. Arriving officers found the suspect, later identified as 66-year-old Benjamin Kelch, on the front porch of the house holding a knife near a victim who was sitting in a chair. The officers could be heard telling Kelch to drop the knife multiple times. In one of the videos, Kelce could be heard telling officers to shoot him. Two of the officers fired their weapon and one officer deployed his Taser, but Kelch did not go down. The officer with the Taser deployed it again and struck Kelch, who fell to the ground. Officers got the knife away and handcuffed him. Officers can be heard saying Kelch has a gunshot wound, but Sgt. James Fuqua said Tuesday that officials were still investigating if he was hit. Bodycam video shows he had blood on the front of his shirt before officers approach the house. Once he was detained being detained by the officers, bodycam video showed he had a deep cut on his arm as well as a wound on his stomach. Three stabbing victims and Kelch were hospitalized. The three victims are expected to survive. Police said Kelch's condition was described as stable Tuesday night. Court records say Kelch is charged with felonious assault. No officers were injured.

Cedar Hill police released dashcam video of a chase Wednesday night that ended with a shootout and a wanted man critically wounded. Chief of Police Ely Reyes said plainclothes officers with the department's Criminal Investigation Division were looking for a man wanted for two felonies on Wednesday night when he was spotted at about 8:10 p.m. along the 300 block of North Joe Wilson Road. Reyes said the officers attempted to detain the man, but that he was able to get into his vehicle and drive away. The officers followed the man and were soon joined by marked police cars, which followed the driver through Duncanville and into Dallas. It was there, police said, the man exited U.S. Highway 67 at Wheatland Road and then opened the driver's side door and fired at least one shot toward the officers. In a dashboard camera video released by Reyes on Friday, one officer can be seen returning fire through his windshield. The chase then ends as the man gets out of his car and seems to continue firing at police. An officer from Cedar Hill and Duncanville both returned fire, striking the man at least once. Police provided first aid, and the man was taken to a hospital. Police said Friday the man remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. No police officers were injured in the exchange of gunfire. Reyes said the man wanted by police had an extensive criminal history that included burglary, armed robbery and felony possession of a firearm. The man was also going to be charged with felony evading with a motor vehicle.

0:54 - Officer Verdugo 7:58 - Officer Martinez 8:52 - Dashcam 12:45 - Officer Marte 15:48 - Officer Flores-Martinez ----- Houston police are investigating the death of a man at 7012 Semmes Street about 10:50 p.m. on Saturday (June 1). The identity of the man, 39, and his cause of death are pending an autopsy by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. HPD Homicide Division Detectives D. Hammons and M. Child reported: HPD patrol officers responded to a criminal mischief call at a residence at the above address that escalated due to the suspect becoming violent toward family members. A family member stated the suspect was acting out in an aggressive manner and was in crisis. Officers arrived at the location and found the suspect in the street. He was taken into custody by numerous officers. Houston Fire Department paramedics were called to assist in transporting the man to an area hospital for an emergency detention order. The man became unresponsive and was later pronounced deceased at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital.

0:00 - Intro 0:12 - Officer Simon 3:34 - Officer Salameh 6:39 - Officer Kneisley ------ On June 5, HPD officers responded to a burglary call inside the Flats at Tanglewilde complex along Tanglewilde Street, just north of Westheimer at South Gessner. In a statement Friday, officials said a resident had called 911 after receiving an alert from her security camera. The resident had also called family members in the area, which officers did not know at the time they responded, according to police. When officers arrived, HPD said they saw a “male matching the description of one of the burglary suspects.” HPD alleges that the man pointed a weapon at officers, which led to officers J. Simon and S. Salameh discharging their weapons, hitting the man in the leg. Officers later identified the man they shot as 19-year-old Omar Camacho. Speaking to us over the phone Friday, Camacho explained that it was hard to rewatch the moments he got shot. He said the police description of events was only part of the story. Camacho’s sister-in-law confirmed to KHOU 11 that she did call police and her family on June 5 after her Ring camera sent her a video of three men breaking into her apartment. She said her family sent Camacho to check on the unit, but by the time he arrived, the burglars were gone. In a news conference immediately after the incident, HPD Assistant Chief Yasar Bashir said Camacho discharged a weapon and police had “evidence to back that up.” However, police Friday said an investigation was continuing to find out whether Camacho fired a shot. As of Friday, the three suspects who initially broke into the apartment have not been identified or apprehended.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is holding a press conference regarding two officer-involved shootings that happened this week. Assistant Sheriff Yasenia Yatomi will discuss additional details of the officer-involved shootings from June 25 and 26. On Tuesday, one person was shot by police during an armed confrontation at a home in the 2000 block of Valley Drive, near Lake Mead Boulevard and Rancho Drive. The suspect involved was identified as 41-year-old Matthew Tindall. Police said Tindall had broken into a residence while armed with a knife. Two officers arrived to the scene and heard yelling for help from a neighboring residence. Both officers ran to the home and saw three people outside the front door. Tindall was in the doorway in a fight with another man and was holding a knife. After issuing vertbal commands to Tindall, he dropped the knife, but then bent down and started to reach for it. Officer Miguel Rodriguez fired his gun, hitting Tindall. Rodriguez, 31, has been with the department since 2017, and police said he fired five rounds in total. Tindall is held on charges of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon against an older person, home invasion with a deadly weapon, home invasion with a deadly weapon against an older person, battery with a deadly weapon, and resisting an officer with a deadly weapon that was not a firearm. Wednesday's shooting happened in the area of Boulder Highway and Russell Road. Police shot a man who they say was armed with two knives and threatening customers at a business. The suspect was identified as 62-year-old Robert Kunhart. Several officers responded to the scene and found Kunhart in the parking lot of the business holding a knife and appearing agitated. Officers told him to drop the knife, but he ignored them and proceeded to walk toward the front doors of the store. As officers followed Kunhart, they saw he had two knives, one in each hand. Officers utilized mutliple less-lethal options to prevent the man from going tinto the business with several people inside. Those options were not effective, and he cotinued to walk toward police. Kunhart then charged, causing two officers to fire their weapons, hitting the suspect. The officers involved in this incident have been identified as Sergeant Ashley Ravelo, 32, and Officer Johnny Patino, 32. Ravelo fired one round, and Patino fired five rounds. Kunhart faces charges of attempted murder on a protected person and resisting a public officer with a weapon that wasn't a firearm.

Two people were arrested after a car chase through Pierce County, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. The pursuit ended peacefully on the I-5 off-ramp at 54th Ave East in Fife. The incident began when deputies noticed a car driving without headlights on 72nd Street East near Golden Given Road East. When deputies attempted to stop the car, the driver refused to pull over and sped off recklessly. Initially, deputies did not pursue the car due to safety concerns. A second deputy later spotted the car and followed from a safe distance. The chase continued until the car lost a tire and stopped at the I-5 off-ramp. Deputies attempted to use verbal commands to get the suspects to exit the car, but the suspects did not comply. Deputies then used non-lethal 40mm rounds to break the car’s windows. The initial shots missed, but subsequent rounds shattered the back window, allowing tear gas into the car. After the spray entered the car, the driver and passenger, who had switched seats, finally exited the car. The 35-year-old woman was booked into the Pierce County Jail for obstructing a law enforcement officer, while the 42-year-old man was booked for eluding and obstruction.

An investigation by the Office of the Inspector General concluded that officers were justified in responding with deadly force to an ambush that left two officers and the suspect dead. The report, which was required by law because an officer used deadly force, details the events of Oct. 12, 2022. Nicholas Brutcher called the Bristol Police to report that his brother, Nathan, was being aggressive toward him. When Sgt. Dustin DeMonte and officers Alex Hamzy and Alec Iurato arrived on the scene, Brutcher opened fire on them, killing DeMonte and Hamzy and wounding Iurato, who was able to return fire. He struck Brutcher once, killing him. “Based on the facts developed during the investigation, I have determined that Officer Iurato’s use of deadly force was justified to defend himself, others on scene, and other Responding Bristol police officers from serious injury or death at the hands of Nicholas Brutcher,” state Inspector General Robert J. Devlin, Jr. wrote in the 66-page report. The report details Nicholas Brutcher’s behavior before the fatal encounter later that evening. Brutcher and his brother Nathan went to a local bar, where Nicholas got into a physical altercation with another patron. The bartender called the police, who pulled over the two Brutcher brothers after they left the bar. The report says Nicholas Brutcher was extremely aggressive toward the officers who pulled him over. Officer Mark McGrane, who responded to the traffic stop, spoke to the IG’s office during the investigation. “While discussing whether Nathan Brutcher would be ‘jammed up’ for his behavior, Nicholas Brutcher became more agitated and began to approach me in a belligerent manner,” he said in testimony. “Nicholas seemed to be very agitated to the point I thought [h]e might want to harm us based on his body language and verbal attacks. I considered the movement toward me to be [in] a very quick and aggressive manner. Based on his verbal attack on myself and other officers, I believed he may have wanted to cause me harm.” The Brutcher brothers were allowed to go home after receiving infractions for creating a public disturbance. Nicholas Brutcher then called the Bristol Police to report that his brother, Nathan, was behaving in a belligerent way. When the three officers arrived, Nicholas Brutcher was hiding at his parent’s house next door with an AR-15-style rifle and a handgun. He opened fire on the officers, striking all three and his brother, who had come out into the driveway to meet the officers. According to the report, after officers DeMonte and Hamzy fell, Nicholas Brutcher stood over the officers and fired several shots at them. His mother, Catrina Brutcher, began screaming at Nicholas to stop. He replied, “How proud are you of me? How proud?” Officer Iurato fired and hit Nicholas Brutcher in the base of the skull, killing him. The report notes that Nicholas Brutcher was known to have a drinking problem in the months leading up to the shooting, and that he was struggling with significant debt. Devin concluded his analysis of Nicholas Brutcher by saying, “…the numerous stressors in Nicholas Brutcher’s life, coupled with his heavy substance use, and perceived grievance from the traffic stop, are probable motivations for his subsequent targeted act of violence against the Bristol officers. In this regard, it must be emphasized that Nicholas Brutcher is the murderer here. It would be wrong to place any blame for the attack on the traffic stop officers or others in Nicholas Brutcher’s life.”

The Toledo Police Department is encouraging people experiencing a mental health crisis to reach out for help after a recent incident in which officers brought a woman to safety. TPD released body camera footage Thursday of officers bringing a woman who was leaning over the edge of the Martin Luther King Bridge back to safety on June 9. You can watch it in full in the attached video player. The video shows officers arriving on the scene and blocking foot traffic on the bridge in both directions. An officer is heard asking the woman what her name is, and asking if it’s okay if he can come closer. Two officers take her down from the edge of the bridge, repeatedly tell her “we got you” and go in for a group hug. They took her to a medical facility for evaluation and treatment.

A woman tried to evade arrest by climbing out of a second-story window in Tampa on Tuesday afternoon. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) said deputies arrived to serve a felony arrest warrant to 27-year-old Quanae Toussaint for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm in public or residential property. Body camera video shows the moment deputies arrived at 7018 San Ramon Place. The video shows an HCSO K-9 searching the residence. Once the K-9 unit reached a room at the end of the hallway, the deputy kicked the door down to find Toussaint hanging outside the second-story window. The sheriff's office said Toussaint locked herself in a room and attempted to evade arrest by climbing out the window. "To see our deputies shift from making an arrest to preserving life is commendable," said Sheriff Chad Chronister. "This criminal had no intention of being arrested and I couldn't be more proud of our team for taking her into custody safely."

A fugitive driver jumped out of a window to evade police before being chased and wrestled to the ground by a police dog. Liviu Radu, 29, led officers on a high-speed chase before crashing his car and fleeing the scene on foot. Police dashcam footage shows Radu weaving in and out of traffic as he sped through Bedworth, Warwickshire, on March 16. He is seen running a red light before being rammed by another police car as he raced through Binley Woods. Radu then runs across a road and into a nearby housing estate, but a National Police Air Service helicopter picked up his trail an hour later, filming him peeping through the curtains of a house off Quorn Way. He climbs through a window on the first floor and scrambles down a drainpipe before hiding behind a bin before he walks along a pavement where he bumps into a police dog handler. He is seen appearing to give himself up before he suddenly turns and sprints away. The police dog is released and repeatedly jumps up at Radu, who continues to run before he is eventually tackled to the ground by the dog. Radu, of Coventry, admitted driving without insurance, driving dangerously and driving not in accordance with a license. He was given a 12-month suspended sentence and fined £1,500 when he appeared at Warwick Crown Court on June 21. He was also ordered to pay a victims’ surcharge of £187, prosecution fees of £150 and banned from driving for 12 months.

A deadly officer-involved shooting in downtown South Bend earlier this month has been ruled justified by the St. Joseph County Prosecutors Office. Many in the community had questions after the June 11 shooting that resulted in the death of 69-year-old John Charles Neiswender, and a lot of those questions were answered by law enforcement at two separate news conferences on Thursday afternoon. During the first news conference, prosecutors described what happened leading up to the shooting. They said they felt bad for the Neiswender’s family and everyone involved, but they said what happened was necessary. At the second news conference, police showed the moments St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney Ken Cotter had described earlier through police body cameras and in-car videos. We saw for the first time what the two South Bend police officers involved in the shooting saw and what they heard from their vantage points. Officers were initially called the morning of June 11 to the area of the East Race and LaSalle Street on reports of a man stabbing vehicles. When they arrived, Neiswender was no longer in the area, but he was later found in a parking lot off LaSalle Avenue and Niles Avenue — armed with a knife. On Thursday, we learned there were three minutes from the start of the interaction between Neiswender and the officers to the shooting, which South Bend Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski said is an eternity. “The longer, the better (is) our theory, and it’s empirical on my part that the longer talking, the less something is happening,” Chief Ruszkowski said. The officers, identified as Officer Joseph Carey and Officer Randall McMurray, asked Neiswender three times to take his hands out of his pockets and put them on the wall. The video shows Neiswender refusing to be cuffed and threatening to kill the officers. Officer McMurray tried to tase Neiswender in an attempt to disarm and detain him, but police say he was wearing six layers of clothing, which likely prevented the taser from working properly because the prongs did not penetrate his skin. Neiswender is then shown in the video picking his knife up from the ground. He then steps toward the officers, prompting Officer Carey to fire his gun six times. Neiswender was hit three times before he was taken to the hospital, where he later died. Law enforcement emphasized during both news conferences the distances the officers were from Neiswender. Officer Carey was 15 feet away from Neiswender while McMurray was 17 feet away. This is noteworthy because Cotter said it takes a person half a second to process danger from 21 feet away, and that it takes a person about one and a half seconds to cover 21 feet. During their analysis of the incident, South Bend police said Officer McMurray is at the fore of crisis intervention training, meaning they had the right person out there trying to de-escalate the situation for several minutes. In the end, the situation is heartbreaking for everyone involved. Cotter and Ruszkowski both gave condolences to the Neiswender family during their press conference. It’s also been hard on the officers, as we were told they’re not doing well after the shooting.

The Moore Police Department (MPD) released dash-cam and body-cam footage of a chase that ended in an arrest. According to MPD, a pursuit of a minibike began following a minor offense. The chase led officers through a rail yard, where Officer Jackowski caught the suspect on foot, tackling him and arresting him. The suspect is facing multiple charges.

The Colorado Springs Police Department has released the footage of the officer-involved-shooting in the early hours of June 9 that left one man with gunshot wounds and a charge of first degree assault. Just before 1 a.m., three CSPD officers with the downtown area response team were on foot patrol in front of a business located at 18 South Nevada Avenue. While on foot patrol, they heard a disturbance to their north. Officers proceeded to move toward the disturbance when they saw a woman fall to the ground after appearing to have been assaulted. Nearby business security cameras captured footage of the altercation that occurred between the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Al'Morion Germany, and the woman. Germany is seen pointing a gun at the woman before hitting her in the head with the weapon, but did not fire at her. At this time, Officer Benjamin Hengel, who has been with CSPD for five years, drew his taser and identified himself as a police officer. Hengel began to move closer to the disturbance when another man stepped in front of the officer and proceeded to chase Germany, who was fleeing. Security footage shows that the man suddenly stopped and put his hands up when Germany pointed a gun at him. Hengel began to move toward the man's left when he saw the weapon pointed at both himself and the man. At this point, he alerted the other officers by shouting "gun" and then ordered Germany to drop the weapon while drawing his department-issued handgun. Germany turned away and ran north along South Nevada Avenue, then turned onto Pikes Peak Avenue, running west toward a parking lot. Officers continued to pursue Germany while identifying themselves as police and ordered the suspect to drop the weapon. As Hengel turned on to Pikes Peak Avenue, he dropped his taser and fired three rounds at Germany, two of which hit him. Following the suspect being shot and hit twice, he continued to run across Pikes Peak Avenue before following officer commands to get on the ground. From there, Germany was taken into custody and arrested for first degree assault. Once the suspect was in custody, emergency medical aid was rendered until paramedics arrived. While receiving aid, the video shows Germany telling the officers repeatedly to "please don't let me die, bro," while officers reassured the suspect he would be okay. Germany was transported to a local hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries. Besides the suspect, one other community member suffered minor injuries during the incident. Officers recovered a loaded 10 mm Glock handgun from the area of where the suspect was shot.

Police are asking the public for help finding a man who they say dragged an officer with a car, injuring the officer. Colchester police are looking for Andrew Brace, 39, of St. Albans. They say he faces multiple potential charges, including aggravated assault and eluding police. The search stems from an incident Thursday morning. Colchester police were called to Conquest Circle at about 4:20 a.m. for a report of two people in a car who were unresponsive. Officers found the car had been reported stolen out of Burlington. Police say they managed to wake up one man in the car, who they later identified as Brace. But when they tried to take him into custody, they say he threw the car in reverse, dragging a Colchester officer about 50 feet. They say he then sped off. Police released body-camera video of officers trying to arrest Brace. The officer had injuries that were not life-threatening. The stolen car Brace was driving is a dark blue Genesis G809 with Colorado license plate D0UT58.

Henderson Police said they responded around 9 a.m. Thursday, June 20, to a report that a man pointed a gun at another person at a home in the 1800 block of Ward Drive, near Sunset Road and Boulder Highway. Officers found the man, later identified as 33-year-old Michael Fretheim, and got into a brief foot chase before he took out a gun and walked through the neighborhood, according to police. The video released Thursday shows an officer trying to talk Fretheim down while in the middle of the street. "Michael, do me a favor, just- let's talk, okay buddy?" the officer yells as he holds up a ballistic shield. "Do me a favor, Michael, can you stop walking for me, brother?" The video later cuts to showing Fretheim outside a house. "Michael, don't walk towards that house, buddy," the officer yells. "If he tries to grab that door, I'm gonna shoot him," a second officer says. "Michael, do not walk towards that house, my friend," the first officer yells again. "Tell him if he grabs that door, I'm shooting him," the second officer says. The two officers discuss if someone is inside the house, and the first officer returns to trying to negotiate with Fretheim to stop. A third video shows two officers positioned at a gate with rifles held up. "Do not let him get to this house," an officer says. A few seconds later, a gunshot can be heard. Police said Fretheim was hit by a single round but continued with the gun. He was eventually taken into custody without any further gunfire. The Henderson police officer who fired that shot was identified as Officer Tyler Travers. Fretheim was taken to a hospital, and police say his injuries were non-life-threatening. He was booked in absentia on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, resisting a public officer, prohibited person in possession of a firearm and obstructing a public officer. Court records indicate he was unable to attend an arraignment hearing on Tuesday. Bail was set at $21,000 with electronic monitoring, and arraignment was continued to Monday, July 1.

Footage from the body camera worn by Hays County Corrections Officer Isaiah Garcia was released to the public on Thursday. The video reveals the moment Garcia pulled the trigger on 36-year-old Isaiah Wright, who was a Hays County inmate. On December 12, 2022, Wright was receiving treatment for an unknown medical issue at Ascension Seton Hays Hospital in Kyle. In the bodycam footage from that night, you see Wright lunge towards Garcia, then run through the hallways of the hospital. Garcia chases Wright, running by patients, before getting shot by Garcia several times in the back; inches away from Wright at this moment, is a person on a gurney. Because of this, a Hays County grand jury indicted Garcia on a charge of deadly conduct, after reviewing the evidence in April 2023. "The indictment was due to the fact that Officer Garcia fired his gun in a crowded emergency room with at least one patient in close proximity," said Quentin Brogdon, a former prosecutor and practicing attorney in Texas. Last week, the Hays County District Attorney's Office announced they would be dismissing the indictment. "The prosecutor can make a decision based on any number of factors to decline to go forward," said Brogdon. In 2023, that same grand jury declined to return indictments against Garcia on charges of murder or manslaughter. The attorney for Joshua Wright's family, Jeff Edwards, said, that if the DA won't do it-- he will try to hold Officer Garcia liable for wrongful death in a civil case. "What we intend to show is that this is not merely about one or two shots, this is about firing at someone and then making a conscious decision to kill that person by shooting him in the back when they are defenseless," said Edwards. Brogdon is unaffiliated with the case but said in his expertise, this bodycam footage will be a key piece of evidence in a civil trial. "[The jury in the civil trial] will be able to see it literally, in living color, in the video, and they will be able to make their own determination as to whether or not the officers' use of force here was reasonable," said Brogdon. CBS Austin reached out to the Hays County Sherriff's Office for comment on the release of this video, and they declined. Edwards said the civil case will move forward in the upcoming months.

An investigation is underway after a stabbing suspect was shot and killed by an officer from the Metro Nashville Police Department early Thursday morning. Officers were called to the Bellevue West complex on Ridgelake Parkway at approximately 4:10 a.m. on Thursday, June 27. Metro police reported a 27-year-old man had been stabbed by his 25-year-old brother. The 25-year-old was then shot and killed by at least one officer during a confrontation. According to a Metro police spokesperson, the victim called 911 and said his brother had held a knife to his neck and then cut him before he ran from the apartment unit. In the 911 call released by the department, the victim said his brother was having a “manic episode,” adding that he “took away ether or something he’s, like, huffing.” Officers arrived and found the victim down a hill on the roadway before they started searching for his younger brother. The department spokesperson said the suspect rushed down the steps of the apartment complex from a breezeway and approached the officers. Two officers were armed with electric shock devices and another officer had his firearm ready as the 25-year-old came at them “very quickly with a knife in hand, a very large knife,” according to the spokesperson. One of the officers then fired his weapon and killed the younger brother, identified by authorities as Max Van Sickle. Metro police said officers gave Van Sickle warnings and waited until he was within just a few feet of them before they shot him. The older brother was reportedly taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening wounds, but he has since been released and is speaking with investigators.