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Attempted murder charges have been filed against a man who police say wounded two officers in a close-quarters shootout at a South San Jose hotel then tried to escape by leaping out of a third-story window, court records show. Authorities said that Kevin Briones, 33, shot and wounded two San Jose police officers at a South San Jose motel on Thursday, May 2, 2024. He was later taken into custody. Kevin Briones, 33, of San Jose, was arrested Thursday night, about a half hour after he allegedly shot the officers, who were responding to a domestic violence call involving a woman who had obtained a restraining order against him. Briones, who was the subject of two arrest warrants at the time, was also shot and wounded when one of the officers fired back. He was formally scheduled to be arraigned Monday on two counts of attempted murder and one count of illegally possessing a firearm, but was not expected to appear in court because he remains in the hospital in critical condition with multiple injuries. A probable cause affidavit accompanying the criminal complaint offers a new degree of detail about the harrowing gun battle that erupted in an upper-floor hallway of the Extended Stay America on San Ignacio Avenue. Officer Jamie Arredondo, a one-year member of the San Jose Police Department, was seriously injured after reportedly being hit multiple times by Briones’ gunfire. Arredondo, who was identified this past weekend by the San Jose Police Officers’ Association, is also in critical condition at a local hospital but is expected to survive. Officer Joseph Desroches was identified by the union as the second officer who responded to the domestic violence call around 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Acting Police Chief Paul Joseph lauded Desroches’ bravery at a Friday news conference, saying the officer pulled Arredondo to safety and had already applied a tourniquet on his partner before discovering that he himself had been hit by a bullet. Emergency dispatch recordings indicated that Desroches suffered a graze wound; he was treated at a hospital and released hours after the shooting. According to San Jose police, a woman and her three children — ages 8, 10 and 15 — were staying in a third-floor room at the hotel. The woman had called police earlier in the night to report that Briones — against whom she had secured a restraining order — was heading their way. Police responded to the hotel, but Briones was not there, and they left. Within an hour, police said Briones showed up and started knocking on the woman’s room door, and the woman called the hotel front desk, who then contacted police. According to the police affidavit, Arredondo, Desroches and a third officer arrived, went to the woman’s room, and saw Briones carrying a skateboard and walking away. They ordered him to “hang tight” stay where he was. Briones apparently responded by reaching his left hand into a duffel bag he was carrying. Detectives wrote in the affidavit that Desroches reached for Briones’ left hand, prompting Briones to run away while holding a T-shirt in his hands. Arredondo and Desroches chased after him, and Briones dropped the shirt and pointed a stolen 9mm Glock pistol at the trailing officers and fired eight rounds. That caused Desroches to fall on his back, and he fired nearly a dozen rounds toward Briones, who was hit at least three times, detectives wrote, adding that the officer was hit by a bullet that grazed his leg and then hit his torso. Arredondo was hit in his legs, abdomen, shoulder and arm, the affidavit states. Briones, who detectives wrote was shot in the torso and arm, kept running away then plowed through a plate-glass window and fell three stories, causing him to suffer a fractured neck and collapsed lung. He was arrested after reportedly trying to hide in some bushes after crawling to the grounds of a neighboring hotel property. The affidavit states that police recovered 19 bullet casings from the hallway and that the walls were pock marked by bullet strikes. At the time of the shooting, Briones had arrest warrants issued for him involving domestic violence and probation violation allegations, and he was prohibited from possessing firearms because of a prior conviction for criminal threats.

A North Myrtle Beach High School graduate filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and three police officers after she said she was wrongfully detained. La'Nisha Hemingway, 18, was driving to meet friends on May 3 when North Myrtle Beach Police Dept. (NMBPD) officers pulled her over, removed her from her car, and "forced her to walk backwards at gunpoint and then handcuffed her," according to a release from Bailey Law Firm. The law firm's release claimed that after they placed her in handcuffs, officers acknowledged they stopped the wrong vehicle. In the bodycam footage, the officer making the traffic stop can be heard saying "That's not it" before pointing a gun toward Hemingway's vehicle. Hemingway, her family and their attorney Tyler Bailey appeared for a press conference Tuesday morning at North Myrtle Beach City Hall. Bailey summarized the incident and said the officers never asked for Hemingway's license or registration during the traffic stop, and after they let her go, they never asked for her name. They also claimed that a report was not made for the arrest until several days after it happened. He also said Hemingway's father was killed due to gun violence, which has added to the trauma of the events on May 3. Hemingway's uncle, Dr. Aaron Cox, told the media he has been in law enforcement for more than 34 years, including as a South Carolina trooper, and is "very familiar with what should have happened." Cox said he had mixed emotions when he heard the news of his niece's arrest. I was thinking, thank God that she is alive and is okay. But then the more I learned and the more I reflected on it and thought about it, I got angry," he said. Hemingway's grandmother, Janet Hemingway, said "She is not the same" since the arrest, and emphasized their want for justice from the department and officers involved.

On May 18, 2024, at around 9:00 p.m., a person reported that the suspect, later identified as 31-year-old Shalon Smith, while armed with a knife, was inside a pharmacy on the 1700 block of West 6th Street, arguing with customers. Rampart Division uniformed officers responded to the radio call and encountered Smith, who was still armed with the knife. Officers issued numerous verbal commands to Smith to drop the knife, but he did not comply. After a short standoff, Smith raised the knife and appeared to take a step toward officers, which resulted in the discharge of a Beanbag Shotgun round. The projectile struck Smith in the abdominal area, causing him to immediately fall to the floor. Smith disarmed himself and a team of officers took him into custody without further incident. Smith was placed under arrest for attempted robbery. A rescue ambulance responded to the scene and transported Smith to a local hospital for injuries sustained during the deployment of the Bean Bag Shotgun. Hospital staff determined that Smith would require hospitalization. After prolonged observation, Smith was later treated and released for booking (Booking No. 6816090). No officers or other community members were reported injured during this incident. A black folding knife, with 3-inch blade, was recovered at the scene and booked as evidence.

0:00 - Bodycam 1 3:48 - Bodycam 2 5:35 - Bodycam 3 9:11 - Bodycam 4 ----- Law enforcement killed a hatchet-wielding Crookston man who charged at officers, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension identified those involved. Andrew Scott Dale, 35, of Crookston died of multiple gunshot wounds May 16. Two police officers and a Polk County sheriff's deputy fired at Dale after responding to a 911 call. Officers encountered him swinging a hatchet in the streets shortly before 1 a.m. in a residential area near the Polk County Government Center. Chief Darin Selzler said Dale "rapidly approached" police, who initially used less-lethal measures to stop him. The BCA said officer Alex Rudnik first deployed his Taser, and deputy Matt Benge fired 40-millimeter foam rounds. Officer Nick Fladland fired his department handgun, striking Dale several times. Fladland is on critical incident leave, the BCA said in a news release. Officers provided life-saving measures. Dale, who has no record of mental illness in Minnesota's court system, later died at RiverView Health Hospital in Crookston. Crime scene personnel recovered a hatchet and cartridge casings at the scene. Body-worn cameras captured portions of the incident, the BCA said.

Body camera footage of a fatal encounter between Casper police and a suspect earlier this month was released Monday. Casper resident and Army veteran Trae Stewart Spurlock, 26, died after police responded to a disturbance call at an apartment complex in east Casper on the night of June 6. The video shows that Spurlock was sitting on the outside balcony of the apartment when officers arrived, and that a rifle was next to him. Spurlock remains in the threshold while speaking to officers. After being told he would be arrested for domestic assault, Spurlock “opened the door and turned rapidly back towards the rifle,” as summarized in text at the end of the video. “[The video] will also show the earnest efforts of involved police officers to dissuade the suspect from his chosen path,” Casper Police Chief Keith McPheeters said in a video explaining the early release of the footage, which is usual given the ongoing investigation by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigations. McPheeters said the body camera footage was released to give the public “a better understanding of the events leading up to the shooting.” At the beginning of the filmed encounter with police, Spurlock says, “You’re trespassing, so I could shoot you,” and later says, “I’m not going to jail tonight, I hope you know that…That’s why that f—ing rifle’s there.” In the introductory statement, McPheeters said that preliminary autopsy findings disseminated in the media had led to public conjecture and second-guessing of the officers. Police spokesperson Amber Freestone told Oil City News that the report had been inadvertently sent to a media member who hadn’t received the coroner’s office release identifying the suspect and had requested it. That preliminary report led to reporting that the suspect had been shot nine times. The officer fired seven times and Spurlock was struck six times, according to text included at the end of the body cam video. McPheeters said that Spurlock’s family and DCI officials had been consulted before the video’s release. He added that the video is the only evidence CPD has access to while the DCI investigation is underway. Based on the footage, McPheeters said “It is my opinion… that the actions of my officers were in line with their training, in compliance to the policies of the Casper Police Department, and in accordance with the Constitution.” The video’s narrative says that police responded to the apartments on the 5000 block of Pay It Forward Drive around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 6. Spurlock’s girlfriend had reported that he shoved to the ground. Officers accompanied her into the apartment while she collected her belongings and found Spurlock outside of the balcony. They repeatedly ask him to step inside away from the rifle, but he remains in the threshold for the majority of the encounter. Spurlock admits to shoving the woman in the video. The officer says, “It is technically a domestic assault, so you understand that we have to do our jobs… so I’m trying to handle this as peacefully as possible.” In the recorded statement, McPheeters said some in the public had said that the officers should have left the area. “That strategy would not have addressed the unanswered question as to what the intentions of the suspect were while armed and on the upper floor balcony of a busy apartment complex,” McPheeters said. It would also have been “inconsistent with the law regarding domestic violence investigations,” he added. McPheeters said he stood by the decision made by the officers “on the scene, in the face of a resolute suspect who has openly discussed ‘death by cop’ and his lack of fear of getting into a firefight.” Spurlock had just turned 26 and was a veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, joining in 2016 according to his mother. He also reportedly suffered from PTSD and traumatic brain injuries and retired medically from service. He was the father of three, the oldest being five.

A supervising police officer in Yonkers, New York, was arrested and charged on Monday with assaulting a suspect following a high-speed chase three months ago, prosecutors said. Detective Sgt. Hector Cartagena, 55, pleaded not guilty to charges including second-degree assault during his arraignment in Westchester County Court in White Plains. He was released until his next court date on July 31. Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah's office said that on March 14, Cartagena kicked a suspect being placed into custody four times and punched him 10 times in the face, fracturing the man's orbital bone. The suspect, who prosecutors did not name, had stolen a vehicle and led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash in Yonkers. He faces charges including grand larceny, assault and reckless endangerment. Chad Seigel, a lawyer for Cartagena, said the officer's actions were “justified and in line with established police procedure” following an incident in which multiple people were injured and lives were placed in danger. “Rather than bringing this unwarranted prosecution, the city and county should have stood behind this highly decorated officer who has served the community without blemish for 25 years,” he said in an emailed statement. “We have every confidence that after all of the facts are brought to light in a courtroom, he’ll be fully vindicated.” Rocah’s office said Yonkers police and their internal affairs division investigated the incident at the scene and determined Cartagena “utilized force in a manner not consistent with department policies” and immediately referred the matter to prosecutors. The Yonkers Police Department, which shared body camera footage from the incident on its Facebook page Monday, said Cartagena has been suspended without pay. The department added that the 24-year veteran of the police force, who was assigned to the crime scene unit, acted alone, and that all other officers on the scene followed the agency's policies and procedures. Yonkers Police Commissioner Christopher Sapienza said in a statement that he's “outraged” by Cartagena's actions. “His actions serve to negate the great work exhibited by the other officers involved to safely apprehend the suspect at the scene,” he said in a statement. “His actions further harm our relationship with the community, which we have worked so hard to build." Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano called the actions “indefensible," saying they are the “very definition of disrespect for the badge.” “This unfortunate incident should not be a reflection of the men and women who serve and protect this City with integrity every day," he said in a statement. "This type of behavior will never be tolerated.”

Cops were in the right place at the right time when they saved a batch of pit bull puppies from suffocating in a bag after spotting a woman trying to sell them in Queens, NYPD body cam video shows. The puppies were crying and in various stages of distress as officers gave them water, with one cop cupping his hand to form a makeshift bowl, the video shows. Officers on a footpost spotted the woman pulling a pink plastic bag on a rolling cart on Beach Channel Drive near Hassock St. in Far Rockaway about 6:55 p.m. Saturday, officials said. She was trying to sell the puppies to a passerby. “I am selling them,” Shirley Medina, 44, said, according to court papers. “There are six. The rest are in the bag. There are small holes for them to breathe through.” But that wasn’t the case, police said. The puppy she was holding was fine, but the bag had no holes in it and when one cop used a knife to cut it open, the other puppies were discovered. “So hot, oh my God,” one officer can be heard saying in the video the NYPD posted Monday on X. “They’re so hot. She was trying to sell the puppies. They were all tied up in the bag. They’re dripping in sweat.” One of the puppies, according to court papers, had a cut over its eye. “You’re grabbing me like I’m going to run.” Medina could be heard as she was being arrested. “I’m not going to run.” The dogs were taken to the ASPCA for treatment and evaluation. Medina was charged with five counts each of torturing an animal and and neglecting an animal. A sixth puppy, the one she was holding in her arms, was not in any apparent danger. Medina was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon for brass knuckles found in the pocket of the pink plastic bag in which the puppies nearly died, police said. Medina, who lives nearby where she was arrested, was released without bail after being arraigned in Queens Criminal Court. She has two prior arrests, police said, one for robbery and one for petty larceny,

Newly released video shows the wild police pursuit after a Portland man stole a Homeland Security vehicle from federal agents in April. Travis Grygla, 43, crashed the federal vehicle near Castle Rock, Washington after leading police on a chase that reached speeds near 120 mph. Police dash and body camera video, along with court records, help explain how the suspect stole a police car from federal agents, then led law enforcement on a nearly 60-mile chase. Law enforcement released the video in response to a public records request by KGW News. On the morning of April 24, federal investigators served a search warrant on Grygla’s Southeast Portland home. The registered sex offender was suspected of possessing and sharing child pornography. Federal agents did not handcuff Grygla, according to court documents. “Grygla had been left seated in the passenger seat of the police car with the window down and an officer standing outside the vehicle,” wrote U.S. Homeland Security Special Agent Clinton Lindly in an affidavit filed in federal court. After learning federal investigators had discovered a hidden cell phone, Grygla said, “this is not going to go good for me,” according to the affidavit. He then locked the doors, slid into the driver’s seat, and took off in the unmarked Homeland Security SUV. Grygla led police on a chase from Portland through Southwest Washington. The pursuit along Interstate 5 reached speeds near 120 mph, according to police. The vehicle had two firearms and additional police gear in a lockbox. The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office, Washington State Patrol, Castle Rock Police, Kalama Police, and Woodland Police responded. Police dash and body camera videos showed officers deploying spike strips several times, although Grygla appeared to evade them. Eventually, the front driver side tire deflated. As Grygla tried to exit the freeway in Castle Rock, police used a pursuit tactic, causing the suspect to lose control of the vehicle. The Homeland Security SUV flipped on its roof. Moments later, Grygla emerged from the wreckage and taken into custody. He was arrested on an outstanding warrant and federal child pornography charges. He is scheduled to be arraigned in July.

Strasburg Police Chief Wayne Sager reports an update on the police officer that was attacked late December 17. The Strasburg Police Officer is recovering from a broken nose and serious lacerations to his head and face. This happened after the unnamed officer was forced into a situation by 40-year-old Melissa R. Tompkins. Thompkins was reported to be causing a disturbance and threatening people at the Ramada Inn on Single Knob Drive, Strasburg late Sunday night December 17. The officer approached her to assess the situation and was attacked by Tompkins. When the office attempted to de-escalate the situation by way of non-lethal force, Tompkins managed to take control of his department, issued a baton, and hit him repeatedly about the head and face. The officer was left with no choice but to fire his weapon while being struck. The shot resulted in Tompkins losing her life after being taken to Winchester Medical Center. The officer was treated for his injuries at Shenandoah Memorial Hospital. Chief Sager reports that police train for such a situation, but hope and pray it never happens. The Virginia State Police were able to determine the identity of Tompkins and found she had no fixed address.

Police body camera captured officers chasing after Pickles the pig after he got loose and started running through the streets of Sebastapol in Northern California. Police say, for such a small animal, Pickles was exceptionally fast and strong. They chased him for several blocks until he was finally cornered in a side yard and captured. Pickles is now back home after being let go with only a warning.

On March 26, 2024, at around 2:40 p.m., Olympic Division uniformed officers responded to a radio call of a “Screaming Woman” at an apartment in the 3900 block of Wilshire Boulevard. When officers arrived at the location, they were directed to the victim, who was bleeding profusely from a large laceration to her neck. The victim identified the suspect who stabbed her and advised the officers that the suspect barricaded himself in the apartment. The officers attempted to communicate with the suspect from outside the apartment; however, he refused to exit and repeatedly stated, “Go away.” The officers then requested the resources of Metropolitan Division’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), who responded to the scene and began negotiating with the suspect to surrender. After a several-hour standoff, SWAT deployed chemical agents into the apartment while continuously giving orders to surrender. The suspect refused to exit, and the decision was made for SWAT officers to make entry into the apartment. Once inside the apartment, SWAT officers located the suspect, who was bleeding from a self-inflicted stab wound to the abdomen, and was taken into custody without incident. The suspect was immediately transported to a local hospital due to the serious nature of the injury to his abdomen. On April 29, 2024, the suspect, while still receiving care, was pronounced deceased by hospital staff. A Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner autopsy and notifications to the next of kin are pending.

Newly released body camera footage from the Hillsborough County deputy who was shot during a shootout that left a family of three dead Saturday night. At around 11:09 p.m., officials responded to a home on Cactus Wren Place in Tampa after they received a call from the woman saying her son had a gun and that her husband had been shot. The shooter, 19-year-old Christos Alexander, was found outside with his mother. In the video, the deputy is heard yelling at the mom to get out of the house and for the teen to keep his hands up, not reach for his gun, and to let the mom walk toward officials. According to deputies, Alexander shot his mother in the back of the head and fired his gun at 26-year-old Deputy Shane McGough. Five deputies then fired back at the suspect, who crawled back inside the home and barricaded himself in. The HCSO SWAT team, crisis negotiators, and a robot arrived on the scene to help enter the home. Deputies used their robot to enter the home through the front door. The father was found dead on the floor right when officials entered the home, before Alexander was found dead in another room. “[The] deputies do a great job,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said on Sunday. “Their training kicks in. They start rendering aid. They remove the deputy from this dangerous position and place where he was exchanging gunfire, get him out of the line of sight from our bad guy, and immediately start lifesaving measures by applying a tourniquet on his leg so he doesn’t bleed out.” According to Chronister, Alexander lived with his parents. Deputies were called to the home 10 times before the deadly shooting, mostly for mental health services and violence against his parents. The sheriff said there was also an active risk protection order against Alexander that led to deputies seizing his guns. Investigators are working to find out how he obtained the gun used to kill his parents. “The monster we encountered this evening isn’t just responsible for injuring our deputy, He’s also the subject who killed his own mother and father,” said Sheriff Chronister. Deputy McGough underwent surgery Sunday morning to remove the bullet from his leg and had a rod inserted. He is expected to make a full recovery in three months. The sheriff’s office said the other four deputies involved in this incident were Deputy Brandon Schade, 26; Deputy Richard Ziegler, 33; Deputy Bjar Atkins, 38; and Deputy Ciara Moncada, 34. None of the deputies used deadly force before this incident, officials said. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the incident. “To see this situation unfold is truly scary,” said Sheriff Chronister. “There is no doubt that the swift response of our deputies mitigated the threat to this community. Please keep Deputy McGough and his family in your prayers as he recovers from surgery this morning.”

The moment a man allegedly set fire to a family home has been shared by police in a confronting video, offering a glimpse of the dangerous and dynamic situations cops face on the beat every day. Officers braved ferocious flames and toxic smoke to rescue a woman and three young children after being called to a life-threatening incident in regional WA in April. Body-worn camera footage shows an officer kicking down the door of the home in Spencer Park, Albany, about 400km south of Perth, to find a man standing in the living room. When he is asked to “show me your hands”, the man bends down and allegedly uses a lighter to ignite a trail of fuel that had been poured throughout the home, sending a “ball of flames” racing through the property. Officers retreat momentarily, but with children unaccounted for, they run back inside. As the fire alarm blares, police extinguish the flames while one officer screams, “where are the kids?” Warren Taylor found a young girl covering up in another room and took her to safety. The auxiliary officer said he was acting on instinct when heading back towards danger. “To be honest, you don’t think about being scared. You just hear there’s a child in there, and you’re off,” he said. Police allege petrol had also been thrown at the man’s partner, covering her clothing. Officers got the family out of the home safely and worked to control the blaze until firefighters arrived. Even with the family safe, no officers hurt and a man taken into custody, Taylor said he knows all involved were lucky. “Probably could have gone a bit worse. There was petrol everywhere, big flames. Everyone was pretty lucky to get out,” he said. The accused, 30, was charged with attempting unlawfully to kill, and using a corrosive fluid or explosive substance to cause harm or prevent arrest. He will appear in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court in July.

A police officer in Joliet, Illinois, recently went above and beyond the call of duty to rescue a snapping turtle from a dire situation. The Joliet Police Department posted a video showing an officer's encounter with the rather large reptile, which took place last month near Rock Run Greenway Trail. Body-worn camera footage dated May 18 shows the officer approaching the turtle and providing it some direction as his department vehicle blocks traffic. "Go back the other way, come on," the officer says. "No no." The officer then carefully picks the turtle up - placing one hand on each side of its body. At that point, the turtle bobs his head up and down, prompting the officer to offer a message of reassurance. "You're fine," the officer says. The officer then gently places the reptile down on the sidewalk near the grassy area it was heading toward.

Newly obtained body camera footage shows when two officers were injured while a woman pinned her mother against a wall with a car, killing her, and then reversed to flee the scene. Miami Township Police Chief Mike Mills said officers were dispatched to a home along Deerhaven Court on Saturday morning for a dispute between a mother and adult daughter. Mills said 23-year-old Anna Millette used a car to pin her mother, 64-year-old Joyce Millette, against a garage wall. When officers arrived, they tried to break out the vehicle's windows to free the mother. The body camera footage begins as officers are yelling at Anna Millette to stop the car, which has its horn blaring. As they're yelling, the officers open the driverside door, and Anna Millette reverses the car at a high speed, throwing one officer to the ground. The officers then run toward the car with their guns drawn before the video ends. A nearby Ring camera on a residence caught ambulances and emergency crews arriving to the scene. About 14 seconds into the video, Anna Millette is captured speeding down the street as she fled the scene. Roughly 25 seconds later, a police squad car is seen pursuing the speeding vehicle. Mills said the pursuit ended when the daughter crashed on I-275 near Loveland. It's unclear how long the pursuit went on. The officers then had to use a Taser against the daughter before taking her into custody, Mills said. The two officers who were struck by the vehicle had minor injuries, Mills said. Joyce Millette died due to her injuries, Mills said. Anna Millette is being treated at UC Medical Center for her injuries from the crash on I-275. After she's released, Mills said she will be held at Clermont County Jail for murder and felonious assault. According to court records, Anna Milette was on probation for a previous felonious assault charge from 2022. Court records show that she was originally charged with two counts of felonious assault, aggravated vehicular assault and leaving the scene of an accident, but the other charges were dismissed. She also has a prior DUI charge from 2022 that was reduced to reckless driving.

Vancouver, Washington - A man appeared to draw a gun and then throw it into the street right as a Vancouver police officer, who has now shot and killed three people in four years, opened fire. The Vancouver Police Department on Friday released new footage that shows Vadim Sashchenko, 43, pulling a gun as he walked north near the city’s waterfront and brandishing it as Officer Brandon Riedel approached in a police cruiser. Riedel got out of the car and fired four shots at Sashchenko in roughly three seconds, killing him, the footage shows. Investigators identified Riedel for the first time Friday morning. Riedel previously shot and killed 41-year-old Andrew Williams, who in January 2020 had broken into his off-and-on girlfriend’s apartment and was carrying a screwdriver when Riedel and another officer confronted him. Riedel also shot and killed 43-year-old Joshua James Wilson, a suspect in multiple armed robberies that detectives had attempted to ambush outside a Safeway in June 2023. Wilson had aimed a gun at officers, body camera footage showed. The investigation into Riedel’s latest shooting is being led by officers from multiple departments in southwest Washington. State law requires the deadly force investigation to exclude the Vancouver Police Department and be led by a patchwork of officers from around the region. Riedel is on paid leave. He joined the police department in 2018 and is a member of the regional SWAT Team, according to investigators. Officer Stuart Drynan, who witnessed the shooting and captured it on body and dash cameras, is also on paid leave. He joined the police department in 2023. Sashchenko, who is seen in the video walking a German shepherd, had drawn police attention around 1:45 p.m. when people at the city’s waterfront called 911 to report an “aggressive” German shepherd had bitten someone. According to Vancouver police, 911 callers also told dispatchers that the dog’s owner carried a gun. Around 3 p.m., according to police, officers spotted Sashchenko and the German shepherd walking north on Columbia Way, a narrow street that runs between the waterfront and the Interstate 5 Bridge. As Riedel begins to park his patrol car, he is heard on his body camera radioing that Sashchenko “is just flipping us off and walking away.” Sashchenko, footage shows, held the gun and then aimed it toward Riedel as the officer was nearly finished parking. As Riedel swung his car door open and aimed back, Sashchenko threw the gun in the road and kept walking north. Riedel fired two shots in a quick burst before Sashchenko’s gun landed on the ground, the footage showed. The officer then fired two more shots as Sashchenko crumpled to the ground. An unidentified officer on scene fired a foam round – a less-lethal weapon used by police – at the German shepherd to get close to Sashchenko. But Sashchenko died at the scene, police said. The German shepherd was taken to the local humane society, police said.

Even a depleted law enforcement agency can flex its muscle for big investigations. The understaffed Santa Fe Police Department went a step further. It treated a minor traffic case like a major crime. Eight Santa Fe police officers descended on West San Mateo Road and Galisteo Street after a female bicyclist was pulled over at 10:20 one summer morning. A traffic cop said Jackie Shane, 59, had pedaled through a stop sign. Santa Fe police body camera footage of Officer Patrick Pinson, after he stopped Jackie Shane on her bike for pedaling through a stop sign. Shane has filed a lawsuit over the incident.

A Columbus police officer is out of a job thanks to his actions caught on bodycam during a 14-year-old boy’s arrest. In a document dated on Tuesday, the Columbus police chief and director of public safety decided to terminate Officer Donovan Bever. They charged him with violating the division’s rule of conduct, noting abusive or violent behavior and violating its policy on use of force. The document details multiple examples of Bever’s conduct during a Feb. 19 arrest of a 14-year-old boy as the reasoning behind his termination: * While arresting the teen, Bever grabbed him by his dreadlocks and “forcefully caused his head/face to strike a concrete walkway.” The facts of the case did not justify the use of force as “objectively reasonable,” according to the document. * Bever “forcefully pushed” the teen’s face into the concrete walkway. * Bever removed a phone charger and another unidentified object from the teen’s pockets during a search, then threw them at him and struck him in the face. * After placing the teen in handcuffs, Bever told the teen, “you move, I will break your face.” * Making the teen stand-up, Bever then escorted him by his dreadlocks to a police van. * While conducting another search of the teen, Bever “aggressively struck him in the groin” with his hand. The officer was one of two to be fired within a week. In a separate case, Chief Elaine Bryant decided to terminate Officer Robert Spann after saying he engaged in “excessive” sex acts with a store employee while working special duty at an area Kroger. Bryant sat down with NBC4 after the firings, describing her emotions after reviewing Bever’s bodycam video. “It angers me. I’m disappointed. I’m angry. I’m frustrated because this is not what we stand for and there was absolutely no reason or justification for treating a 14-year-old or anyone like that,” Bryant said. Director of Public Safety Kate Pishotti also released a statement Friday afternoon, saying the 14-year-old “deserved better.” “Officer Bever’s actions were unacceptable, and as it pertains to his employment, indefensible,” Pishotti wrote. “What I saw on that video and read in this investigation was wholly incompatible with the values of the Columbus Division of Police.” The video from the same Feb. 19 arrest showed Bever was conducting a traffic stop with another officer for a pedestrian in the roadway while patrolling in Linden. At about 4 p.m., they rolled up on two 14-year-old boys they had seen earlier. When the officers approached the pair of teens, they took off running. “They were walking in the street, doing what kids do,” Bryant said. The second officer got out of the police car within the apartment complex and ran toward the boys, while Bever drove the car around to a different area. When the second officer spotted the two teens across the lawn, he pulled out and aimed his firearm in the boys’ direction and shouted, “Drop to the ground right now.” Continuing to advance on the pair, the second officer yelled, “Get on the f***ing ground, or I’ll shoot you.” He then strained his voice to shout “On the ground” several times. The teens followed the officer’s instructions. He then approached and began to place one of the boys into handcuffs while he was faced down on the ground. While the second officer began to arrest the first teen, Bever caught up to the group. Bever’s bodycam recorded him running over to the other teen, grabbing the boy’s dreadlocks and shoving him face down into the sidewalk. Bever continued to pull on the teen’s dreadlocks to steer him, as Bever used his other hand to place the boy into handcuffs. The footage showed Bever continuously pushing the boy’s face into the ground, while the teen is heard repeating “I’m sorry” several times. One of the teens can also be heard repeating, “I’m complying, I’m complying.” Bryant watched the bodycam video with NBC4 after deciding to fire Bever, describing these actions as the ones leading to Bever’s firing. “At that point of the excessive use of force, there was a head shove into the ground,” Bryant said. “There were some objects being thrown into the young man’s face, and then you will see him stand up and escort him to the wagon by his hair.” When Bever then rolled the teen onto his back, he could be heard saying, “You move, I will break your face.” While searching the teen’s pockets, he pulled out a phone charger and another unidentified object and threw them in the 14-year-old’s face. After forcefully rolling the teen around to his other side, the teen was visibly bleeding from his mouth. Bever then took the teen to a police van for another search, holding him by his dreadlocks. Once there, Bever could be heard asking the teen, “you got AIDS?” Bever was relieved from duty the day after the arrest, but wasn’t fired until months later. Bryant said the division spoke with the 14-year-old’s grandmother, his legal guardian, after the incident. “They were disappointed about the actions of the officers, but they were relieved and happy with the swift action that the department and the director of public safety took in addressing this issue,” Bryant said.

The parolee with a loaded machine pistol shot dead by MTA police in Queens in December spoke calmly to the officers before screaming “What did I do?” as cops wrestled him to the ground trying to handcuff him, recently released body-worn camera footage shows. “I didn’t do nothing! What did I do?” Bashe McDaniel, 52, screamed as the MTA police officers forced him onto his stomach and tried to get his hands behind his back near 91st Ave. and Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica on Dec. 29. The officers stopped McDaniel after a 19-year-old woman came forward, claiming that the parolee had groped her. As McDaniel resisted, refusing to pull his hands out of his pockets, one of the two officers pulled out his taser and threatened to use it during the three-minute exchange. “You’re going to get tased!” the officer screamed. “Put your hand behind your back! Let me see your hands!” When McDaniel didn’t comply, the cop pressed the taser to his body, shocking him. The officers had managed to slap one handcuff on McDaniel’s wrist when the Mac-10 in McDaniel’s jacket pocket went off, sending witnesses scrambling away, screaming. The butt of the gun was visibly sticking out of his pocket in the video of the struggle. The officers back up with guns drawn, the video shows. When McDaniel flops over onto his back and appears to be reaching into his pocket, the officers fire off at least eight rounds at the ex-con while he lays on the sidewalk. One of the officers falls as he backs up and takes aim at McDaniel. “I’m good! You good?” one of the officers screams at the other. “I’m good!” the other cop responded, uninjured. The machine pistol was found under his body as EMS rushed him to Jamaica Hospital, where he died a short time later. The cops were taken to an area hospital for trauma, but no other injuries were reported.

Surveillance cameras at a county jail in San Bernardino County captured an inmate armed with a homemade metal knife launching out of a cell and attempting to stab a deputy. The violence unfolded at around 2:45 p.m. on June 11 at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, according to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The inmate, 25-year-old Christopher Lommie Jackson, who has been in custody since 2019 on numerous violent charges, including the alleged murder of 51-year-old Subhi Baghdadi, 51, of Anaheim, had attempted to stab another inmate, prompting a response from jail-assigned deputies. That’s when footage shows Jackson, shiv in hand, fly out of a cell, make contact with a deputy and take him to the ground, where a vicious struggle ensued. Other responding deputies are seen immediately intervening, and authorities say the 25-year-old inmate was eventually subdued. Sheriff’s officials did not identify the 45-year-old deputy, but said he suffered moderate injuries to his face and was treated and released from a local hospital. It’s unclear if the 28-year-old inmate attacked by Jackson prior to the assault on the deputy was injured. Authorities say these types of violent attacks on deputies at correctional facilities present a significant danger to county employees working in the jails. For the attack on the 45-year-old deputy, attempted murder charges against Jackson have been filed with the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office.

New details were shared in a video released by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office on Friday into the deadly Brentwood area officer-involved shooting in May. Ray Anthony Ross, 30, was shot and killed by Officer B.L. Rone on May 26. According to JSO, Rone turned on his body camera after the shooting. JSO Chief of Professional Standards Mike Shell said in the video that on the day of the incident at 3:48 p.m., Ross and his brother, Ron Rose, got into an argument. He says Ross, Rose and another man identified as Dannie Demery, were inside of Ross's vehicle which was stopped at the traffic light in the 3600 block of N. Main Street. Police say Ross then exited his vehicle while holding a handgun in his left hand. "Next, he and his half-brother (Rose) began physically struggling over possession of an object inside the vehicle, seemingly pulling it back and forth between them," Shell said. "While the struggle was occurring, Dannie Demery, who was seated in the front passenger seat, opened his car door and ran away from the vehicle." Shell said officer B.L. Rone, who was on-duty in his patrol vehicle nearby, then pulled behind Ross's vehicle. JSO Director of Investigations and Homeland Security Mark Romano told First Coast News shortly after the incident took place that Rone has been employed with JSO for 16 years. As Rone stopped his vehicle, he saw Ross "firing multiple shots at the back seat of the vehicle," according to Shell. "Officer Rone yelled multiple commands for Ross to drop his gun," Shell said. "Ross continued to fire towards the vehicle's back seat and in response, Officer Rone fired his service weapon, striking Ross." JSO says Ross then ran to a nearby parking lot and "fell back on the pavement." The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department responded to the scene and took Ross to a local hospital where he later died, according to police. Shell said Rose was also taken to the hospital, as he was "suffering from an apparent drug overdose." He was released later that day, according to Shell. After Rone activated the body worn camera and more officers arrived, Rose can be heard in the video shouting out different obscenities in the direction of Rone while he stood over Ross. "But, I love ya" and "he tried to kill me" were two phrases said by Rose. "His (Ross) criminal history includes arrests for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery on a pregnant female, leaving the scene of an accident with injury, drug possession and driving under the influence," Shell said in the video. When crime scene detectives arrived on scene, they found a Glock 22, .40 caliber handgun "that Ross had repeatedly fired into the vehicle," Shell said. The handgun was located on the parking lot pavement in which Ross had fallen to the ground on. Detectives then found another handgun inside of a bag located on the driver's seat.

Grove City police released body camera video showing inmate Quinntel Bagley escaping from police custody at a hospital in Lancaster Thursday afternoon. Bagley is wanted for aggravated burglary and kidnapping after allegedly kidnapping a woman in Grove City Thursday morning. Police said Bagley should be considered armed and dangerous. He is about 6 feet tall, 200 pounds and was last seen in southeast Columbus on Thursday afternoon wearing tan clothes. In the bodycam video, two Grove City officers can be seen walking Bagley out of the hospital into a parking garage. One male officer is holding Bagley in handcuffs and a female officer is in front of them. Within seconds, Bagley is seen breaking away from the officers and started sprinting through the parking garage of the hospital, still handcuffed. Both officers ran after him, but they couldn't keep up. You then see Bagley run down a level of the parking garage. From there, police said Bagley broke into a home and stole a car. That car was found at an apartment complex in southeast Columbus Thursday afternoon. Police searched extensively in that area, but could not find him.

Around 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 2, a woman called 911 to report a man with a gun was trying to steal her boyfriend’s motorcycle during a sale. She told the dispatcher they were in an alley but didn’t know the exact location. “I’m scared because my son’s in the car,” the woman told the dispatcher. “Please send somebody.” Once the location was determined, officers responded to the area of 13th Street and Palm Lane. Police quickly located the suspect, who was sitting on a motorcycle and holding a handgun. As the two officers got out of their patrol SUV, body-cam video appears to show the man raising the gun towards them. Both officers then fire at the suspect, and he’s seen falling to the ground. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died. He has since been identified as 27-year-old Joshua Main. No one else was hurt. A Glock handgun was recovered near the location where the suspect was shot. Police say there was also evidence that Main fired at least one round. Both officers involved in the shooting are assigned to the Mountain View Precinct, with four and six years of service, respectively. The shooting remains under investigation.

A good Samaritan intervened when she saw an elderly woman depositing $40,000 into a Bitcoin ATM machine at a gas station while on the phone with an alleged Chase Bank representative — it turns out the call was a scam, according to White Settlement police. "I have the bank on the phone. I'm in danger," the elderly woman is heard telling White Settlement Police Sgt. James Stewart in his body camera footage. Sgt. Stewart responded to a 911 call from 38-year-old Myndi Jordan, who said she's been a victim of identity theft herself in the past. She was concerned, watching the victim depositing thousands of dollars into a Bitcoin ATM machine inside a Chevron gas station. "She was tired," Jordan said. "She was sweating. It was very intense for her." Jordan asked the elderly woman if she was okay and then noticed she was on a FaceTime call with someone. "She just insisted that she knew what she was doing, that they were bank security, and she had to fix somebody else's mistake," Jordan said. By the time the officer arrived, the woman had already deposited $23,900. In the police body camera footage shared by WSPD, the officer is seen approaching the elderly woman, who was on Facetime with a man pretending to be a member of Chase Bank's security team. The officer asked to speak to the woman, to which she responded that the alleged Chase Bank representative had told her her account was "in danger." He then asked her to stop putting money into the ATM and to speak with the man on her phone. She handed him the officer her phone and the man repeatedly asked to speak to the woman, but the officer did not oblige. Investigators found out the suspect on the other end of the line had a ride-share service pick the elderly woman up and take her to a local Chase Bank to withdraw $40,000 in cash. After that, the alleged scammer ordered another ride to take the victim to the gas station so she could deposit the money into the Bitcoin ATM. "All I could do is visualize my mom in this case," Sgt. Stewart said. "I wish we could find this guy and place him behind bars for a very long time because he is probably doing this to other people." White Settlement PD says it's working with the Bitcoin law enforcement liaison and the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office to recover the woman's money. "We are extremely grateful for the citizen who recognized these danger signs and contacted us," said Chief of Police Christopher Cook. "It is sickening that these suspects prey on our most vulnerable community members with these types of frauds." The department said it's going to recognize the good Samaritan in a City Council meeting for her help.

A Middletown police detective was justified when she shot and wounded a man who attacked her with a hammer last year, the state's Office of the Inspector General said in a report issued Wednesday. Detective Karli Travis fired her service weapon at Winston Tate during an incident on August 12, 2023, wounding him in the shoulder, hand and elbow, Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Andrew J. Slitt and Inspector General Robert Devlin wrote in the report. Police had been summoned to the 100 block of Liberty Street in Middletown around 6:30 a.m. after a caller reported Tate was smashing glass in a driveway and screaming, the report said. When Travis arrived and confronted him, he charged at her and struck her with the hammer. "Detective Travis reacted reasonably to defend herself. Accordingly, I conclude that under the circumstances presented, Detective Travis’ use of deadly force was justified," the report said. A 30-second video clip from a local police detective's body camera released at the time shows Tate violently striking Travis with a hammer as she screams for him to stop before she fires several shots during an encounter outside his Liberty Street home early Saturday. "Tate had rapidly closed the physical distance between them and was actively attacking the officer with a hammer, a weapon capable of causing serious physical injury," the report stated. Tate can be heard in the video making loud garbled sounds as he continued the attack, which sent Travis' body camera flying to the ground, the footage shows. Travis pulled her gun out as Tate ran toward her, but doesn't appear to fire a shot until she was on the ground, the video indicates. During an interview with Devlin's office, Travis said she was afraid that Tate would get hold of her gun. After knocking her to the ground, Tate "bent down over my back, wrapping his arms around both sides of my body," she said according to the report. "I had my firearm in my hands at this time, Tate’s hands were in the immediate area of my firearm. He was attempting to maneuver his hands in the area of my firearm as I attempted to protect my firearm by placing it close to my body in between my stomach and legs." Just before she fired, Tate had both hands on each side of her firearm as she yelled, "stop!" the report said. "Tate was actively attempting to pull the firearm out of my hands. My right hand remained on the grip of my firearm, and my left hand was on the muzzle, which I attempted to keep pointed away from our bodies as I was unsure whether Tate was simultaneously attempting to pull the trigger," she said in the report. The attack stopped when a witness ran off his porch shouting profanities at Tate to distract him long enough for the detective to move to a safe area, the warrant said. As more officers arrived, Tate again ignored their commands to put down the hammer and headed back inside his house, the warrant said. He came running out of a basement door wounded and was taken into custody, the report said. Travis suffered a concussion, and injuries to several areas of her body including bruising and pain to her elbows, left shoulder and right hip. Tate later was charged with attempted first-degree assault, second-degree assault and other counts after the incident. He is being held in lieu of $1 million bail.