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The Atlanta Police Department has released the body camera video that shows the arrest of a Douglas County judge who is now facing charges, including a felony. The incident took place early Thursday morning around 3:15 a.m. outside of Red Martini Restaurant and Lounge in Buckhead. Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson is charged with felony willful obstruction of a police officer by using threats or violence and simple battery against a police officer, according to Fulton County Jail records. Warrants from the Fulton County Magistrate Court stated that Peterson allegedly "struck an officer with a closed fist." The court documents also revealed that the officer was investigating a dispute between two people at the lounge. Warrants stated that Peterson was not involved in the initial altercation. Atlanta Police released video of the incident Friday night. They released a condensed, nearly five-minute version of Peterson's arrest. APD also released a longer version, which is over two hours. 11Alive is still going through the full, unedited version. In the condensed body camera video released by Atlanta Police, the video begins with police walking in the parking lot outside the Buckhead lounge in the 3000 block of Peachtree Road NE. The responding officer walks closer to the nightclub, where there appears to be an ongoing confrontation. A security guard at the location then grabs a woman, which Atlanta Police described as security separating the people who were involved in the altercation. The officer then walks up to the security guard and the woman and tells the woman to "chill" several times. The woman appears to be yelling about a man who she was involved in an altercation with, saying, "He just touched me for no reason." As the officer and the security guard try to calm the woman down and remove her from the situation, that's when Peterson walks over to the officer, security guard and woman and begins yelling. "Let her f---ing go! Let her f---ing go! Let her f---ing go! Let her f---ing go!" Peterson is heard saying to the officer and security guard. You can hear someone say "stop" several times. Peterson appears to be trying to use both of her arms to get the officer and security guard away from the woman. What happens next is unclear on video. The camera becomes grainy and shakes around, and a few seconds later, Peterson is on the ground with the officer placing her in handcuffs. During the altercation, someone in the crowd of people yells out, "That's a cop! That's a cop!" Atlanta Police said this is when Peterson allegedly hit the officer. A portion of the video is provided below. The video then jumps ahead to Peterson outside of the officer's patrol vehicle. Peterson says, "I didn't punch s---." The officer then says, "You punched me. You punched me." After getting Peterson inside of the patrol vehicle, the officer tries to ask for her identification. Peterson says that the officer "doesn't need identification" and to "take me where you need to take me." The officer then repeats himself several times, saying he can't take her anywhere until she provides him with identification and a date of birth. Back at the precinct, the officer is still trying to get Peterson's identification. He asks her what her first and last name is. "You can Google me and find me anywhere in America," Peterson says, continuing to refuse to give her name to the officer.

Police have released video showing officers chasing and arresting suspects wanted in a northwest Atlanta shooting last week. Atlanta police said four suspects in a blue Tesla were involved in the shooting of a 29-year-old man at 142 Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard NW around 5 p.m. on June 12. Police said the man was shot in his abdomen and one of his hands. The victim was alert, conscious and breathing, and was taken to the hospital. An hour and a half after the shooting, officers said they spotted the Tesla about five miles away, in the area of 10th Street and Techwood Drive. Police said they tried to stop the car, but the driver sped off, leading officers on a chase along Lee Street SW before losing control and coming to a stop. Police said two suspects riding in the car were arrested immediately. The driver got away, but he was arrested after a brief foot chase. Police said they found a gun on him. A fourth suspect, “who fled from units the day of the shooting, was later identified and apprehended out of jurisdiction,” police said. Below are the suspects and the charges against them, according to police: * Kentavious Campbell, 18 – charged with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, eluding police, obstruction and reckless driving * Elijah Griffin, 17 – charged with aggravated assault, aggravated battery and carrying a pistol under the age of 18 * Isaiah Grimes, 22 – charged with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon * Jaiden Chatman, 23 – charged with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, use of firearm by a felon during the commission of a crime

Released dashcam video showed the moment a Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office deputy constable was shot by a robbery suspect last Friday in the Klein area. Constable Mark Herman said Deputy Constable Deteryon Fontonet was shot in the incident but was released from the hospital the same day. Fontonet was struck by bullet fragments in three different locations on his body. In the video, Fontonet can be heard issuing commands to the suspect, identified by authorities as Danthony Simms-Coleman. He tells Simms-Coleman to step toward him and put his hands up, but Simms-Coleman instead reaches inside the truck he was driving and grabs a gun. The video flickers a bit, but gunfire is heard and Simms-Coleman is then seen running between houses while firing several shots back at Fontonet. The video below is the exact video that was sent to KHOU 11 News from the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office. The video freezes just before the initial shots are fired and then catches up as Simms-Coleman is seen ducking near the truck and then running to the left of the screen with his gun raised and firing shots back at Fontonet. According to Herman, deputy constables responded to robbery calls at two Academy stores -- one at Willowbrook Mall and another on Kuykendahl near the Grand Parkway. They said callers told them a suspect entered with an AR-15 and robbed them. According to Herman, Fontonet spotted Simms-Coleman, 23, who led him on a chase that came to an end on Slashwood Lane, which is in a neighborhood near the intersection of Louetta and Kuykendahl. Herman said other responding units were also on their way to the neighborhood, but Fontonet initially engaged Simms-Coleman alone. That's when, according to Herman, Simms-Coleman opened fire on Fontonet, who retreated and took cover behind a vehicle. Herman said Fontonet was lucky that he was only struck by bullet fragments and didn't take a direct hit. More deputy constables arrived and Simms-Coleman ran between houses, dropped his gun, and surrendered. Herman said Simms-Coleman went to the neighborhood because he had family members who lived there. According to court documents, Simms-Coleman was charged with aggravated assault of a public servant.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department released edited video Thursday that shared what led up to officers fatally shooting a 35-year-old man who allegedly pointed a gun at one of the officers on the city's north side. Shortly after 2 p.m. on May 2, police said someone called 911 about a man waving a gun and threatening to shoot people near a housing complex in the 600 block of East 38th Street. While responding to the scene, officers got an update from dispatchers that a man matching the suspect's description was on a woman's front porch in the 3900 block of Broadway Street, waving a gun and making threats. "He has a gun. He has put it in front of my face, and he clanked it against a metal bar to let me know it's real," the woman can be heard saying on the 911 call. IMPD said nine-year veteran Officer Randall Buck and six-year veteran Officer Ivan Flick arrived to the scene and found 35-year-old Lemar Brandon Qualls on the porch. Doorbell camera video shows Flick walk up to the porch, where Qualls can be heard saying, "You're fine. You know me. I wouldn't do this if it wasn't what I think it is. If I'm wrong, tell me, please." Flick can then be heard telling Qualls "hands up, hands up." The doorbell camera video shows Qualls raise his gun and point it toward Flick. That's when Flick opens fire on Qualls, and Buck also shoots at Qualls from the grass. IMPD said Flick's body-worn camera was not activated until after he fired shots. According to IMPD, Flick and Buck waited for additional officers to arrive before approaching Qualls after shooting him. Officers provided treatment to the man until medics arrived and took him to Methodist Hospital, where he died from his injuries. IMPD said the gun Qualls had was found on the stairs to the patio. Investigators believe one of the officers' shots hit the gun, causing damage to the magazine. No officers or other citizens were injured, according to IMPD.

The family of an unarmed man shot by an Aurora SWAT officer is demanding justice. The Aurora Police Department released body camera footage of the fatal shooting Thursday morning. Aurora police produced a critical incident report video, which includes body-worn camera footage edited by APD and narrations by Interim Police Chief Heather Morris. "We take any use of force seriously, especially when there's a loss of life," said Morris in the video. APD's SWAT team was assisting the Denver Police Department Fugitive Unit with surveillance of 37-year-old Kilyn Lewis. He was wanted on an active warrant out of Denver for attempted first-degree murder. The arrest warrant stemmed from May 5, when police say Lewis was involved in a shooting near East 48th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. Police say Lewis visited an apartment complex in the 300 block of South Ironton Street. Teams conducted surveillance over the course of two days. Due to the 'high-risk nature' of the warrant, APD's SWAT team was requested to assist with the arrest. Just before noon on May 23, officers watched Lewis park a vehicle and open the trunk. Body camera footage shows he was at the rear of the vehicle when officers approached. Police commanded Lewis to get on the ground. At that time, his hands were visible and empty. Lewis then took a few steps and placed his right hand behind his back, out of view. When his hand came back into view, Lewis was holding an object. APD Officer Michael Dieck fired a single shot. The object was later determined to be a cell phone. After he was shot, Lewis is seen on the ground saying, "I don't have nothing. I don't have anything." Lewis was pronounced dead two days later.

Tulsa Police said a suspect who pointed a gun at officers died from his injuries after he was shot by an officer at a north Tulsa park. A line of Tulsa Police cars. Lights flashing and detectives gathering evidence. That was the scene at Wheeling Park near Apache and Lewis on Wednesday afternoon. "He was running through the neighborhoods, businesses with a firearm,” said Tulsa Police Captain Richard Meulenberg. Meulenberg said it started when they got a call around 3:30 p.m., from a different neighborhood near Pine and Lewis, about a mile away. The caller said a man he knew, but who wasn't welcome in his home, wouldn't leave and that the man had fired shots into the air during the argument about it. "Officers started getting into the area looking for the suspect, and he took off running,” Meulenberg said. Meulenberg said they quickly learned the man they were after was a felon. We asked Meulenberg what was going through officers’ minds as they looked for him. "Any number of things, what we have is, we’re responding to a call, and you never know what you are going to get into,” Meulenberg said. “And then we find out that he's firing rounds into the air, but we’re not sure at the time if he's firing rounds at anyone else, so he clearly has a disregard for public safety.” Police said they sent a K-9 out to track the man's scent, which ultimately led officers to the park and the shooting. After the shooting, police called out their crime scene investigators to collect every single piece of evidence that was left out there, including the gun they said the suspect pointed at them. "They will take measurements out here, they will take photographs and video, and they will recover the firearm,” Meulenberg said. The officer involved will remain on routine paid leave during the investigation. The suspect was taken to the hospital but died a couple of hours later.

According to previous reports, 26-year-old Kelvin Chander was shot by an IMPD officer on Apollo Way on May 15. Chandler was suspected of taking part in a shooting about 30 minutes earlier in the 6300 block of Watercrest Way. Chandler allegedly shot a man at a home on Watercrest Way and fled the scene with a firearm. The video said officers were called to a home in the 6300 block of Watercrest Way on a call of a shooting. When officers first arrived at the home, they found the homeowner with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The person who was shot told officers that he was shot by Chandler, who was sitting with him. The homeowner told police that Chandler allegedly grabbed a 9 mm firearm and threatened to shoot him. After an initial altercation, the homeowner retreated to a bedroom, where Chandler allegedly forced his way in with two guns. Chandler pulled the trigger on one of the firearms, which jammed. Chandler’s second attempt to shoot the homeowner missed. The third shot hit the owner in the abdomen. The owner tried to fire Chandler’s gun, but it apparently jammed. After the shooting, Chandler fled the home on foot with a firearm. A description of Chandler was broadcast over the radio, the video shows. A perimeter was established in the neighborhood where the shooting occurred. Chandler was initially located running with the gun in the 6500 block of Apollo Way. The video included the initial body camera footage of an officer who initially saw Chandler but lost sight of him after he ran behind a house. The footage included what that officer heard on the radio from the shooting moments later. The video then showed body camera footage from the officer who ultimately shot Chandler. In the video, the officer runs to where they believe Chandler was located. When the officer spotted Chandler between two houses, shots were fired as Frees yelled “stop, stop.” Then there was an exchange of gunfire between the two. During the exchange of gunfire, the officer fell to the ground, screamed a complaint and fired several more shots. “F—, back there,” Frees told a nearby officer after the exchange of gunfire. “It’s behind the house.” Chandler was then located on the ground between two houses along Apollo Way. An officer then deployed a flashbang device, consisting of a soft and loud noise designed to distract individuals. Officers said no movement was seen from Chandler.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed “cat-astrophe” was avoided for a curious kitten who was saved after getting stuck in the tires of a semi truck. “Mission Im-paw-sible” began when a commercials truck driver was conducting a pre-trip inspection of his Walgreens semi truck on the Ohio Turnpike in Portage County on May 14, OSHP said. That’s when he spotted the kitten who was stuck between the tires, according to OHSP. OSHP said troopers “purrfect” teamwork rescued their new feline friend, who was turned over to the Portage Animal Protective League with all nine lives intact. The Ohio State Highway Patrol shared bodycam footage of the successful rescue mission on June 18.

The Blount County Sheriff's Office released body and dash camera video Wednesday from a police shooting that occurred earlier this month in Rockford. Video from Blount County deputies Corbin Smith, 25, and Edward Walker, 28, shows a nearly 20-minute period from when they arrived at the 1100 block of Jacob Springs Boulevard on June 11 to when they received aid after being shot. For much of that time, the men were pinned down by gunfire from suspect Ronald Reed Millsaps inside his home. Both Smith and Walker are recovering from injuries to their legs. Millsaps faces two counts of attempted criminal homicide, one count of aggravated kidnapping, one count of aggravated domestic assault, four counts of reckless endangerment and five counts of aggravated assault, all in connection to the shootings. He's being held in jail in lieu of more than $2 million bond. The video released by the BCSO is about 37 minutes long and contains recordings from Walker's body camera and vehicle dash camera, along with Smith's body camera. When Walker's body camera video starts, he's pulling up to Millsaps' home on Jacob Springs Boulevard. A person can be heard telling Walker through his radio that Millsaps threatened that if law enforcement entered his home, they'd go out in a "blaze of glory." Smith's body camera video starts with him standing near Millsaps' garage and shows him running behind Walker's cruiser. Once the men are together, a barrage of gunfire erupts from the Millsaps home. Walker's dash camera video shows that during this period, Millsaps fired repeatedly into the BCSO cruiser the men were standing behind, shattering the windshield. Blount County Sheriff James Berrong said after the shooting that Millsaps fired between 100 and 300 shots during the attack. A recording from Walker's body camera video shows him being shot in the leg about four minutes after he arrived at the scene. Walker asks Smith to grab a tourniquet for him from his uniform, then hands Smith his rifle so he can apply it to his leg. About three minutes later, Smith is shot in the leg. He's seen on his own body camera video taking an additional tourniquet from Walker's uniform and applying it to his own leg. Both Walker and Smith are seen on the recordings bleeding heavily from their wounds. "I'm losing my leg dude, I can't feel it," Walker said. Several minutes after being shot, Walker and Smith were told by other law enforcement they could escape the scene. Body camera video from both of the men shows them running across several yards, and even hopping a fence. They eventually meet up with other members of law enforcement who help them. Immediately after the shooting, Sheriff Berrong told reporters that Millsaps had weapons everywhere in his home. "We had information he had weapons in every area of the house and window sills and beside the doors," Berrong said. "He was ready for a battle, and that’s what he came to us with.” Berrong said there is an older woman inside the home was believed to be a bedridden relative. Berrong also said BCSO had responded to the same home on multiple occasions. No one else was hurt in the home. Deputies Smith and Walker are the third and fourth members of the Sheriff's Office who've been shot in the line of duty since February. Police said deputies Greg McCowan and Shelby Eggers were shot during a traffic stop on Sevierville Road on Feb. 8. McCowan succumbed to his injuries. Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. is facing several charges, including first-degree murder, connected to the shootings of McCowan and Eggers.

A man who was armed with a knife was shot and killed by Los Angeles Police Department officers in South Los Angeles. They were sent to the 100 block of W. Colden Avenue at around 6:30 p.m. after learning of an assault with a deadly weapon in the area, according to LAPD's Tony Im. Officers say that they were told the suspect, who has since been identified as 42-year-old Wilver Blanco, was possibly under the influence of narcotics and that he was "chasing an elderly male" at the home. "When the officers arrived to the area of the call, they found Blanco standing behind a vehicle parked on the street holding a knife in his right hand," an LAPD statement said. " The officers stopped their vehicle, deployed behind their respective doors, and ordered Blanco multiple times to drop his knife." Instead of listening, Blanco climbed onto the rear bumper of a car parked in the area and got into a crouched position after stepping off the bumper before he "ran toward the passenger officer," at which points officers opened fire. Blanco was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office social media post, Sgt. Cole Britton was responding to a disabled vehicle on the narrow, two-lane highway to help a driver in need. The driver was unable to move his vehicle, so Britton parked his patrol car behind the disabled vehicle and got out to assist in the right lane. While Britton had his emergency lights activated, dash video from his car shows him and the driver in the roadway. During this response, Britton and the driver can be seen looking toward oncoming traffic, as another driver was heading toward them. That's when they both realized a crash was going to happen as Britton tried to wave toward the oncoming vehicle. The dash video shows the moment the vehicle crashes into the back of the patrol car, narrowly missing Sgt. Britton and the driver with a disabled vehicle, who both went onto the grassy side of the highway. Sgt. Britton had minor injuries due to impact with a barbed-wire fence, but he was home safe with his family on Friday night. There were no reported injuries to the driver of the disabled vehicle. The driver who is accused of causing the crash was taken to the hospital for treatment. Colorado State Patrol is investigating the crash.

Arlington police released edited dashboard camera video Tuesday showing a shooting involving officers after a woman was gunned down by her ex. Chief Al Jones showed "relevant portions of dashboard camera footage" during a news briefing at about 1 p.m. Arlington officers fatally shot 42-year-old Shannon Boyd at "Red" Kane Park on June 9 after police said they saw him pull out a gun and shoot a 40-year-old woman during an argument. Police provided first aid to both Boyd and the victim, but he did not survive. The woman, police said, continues to recover at a hospital. It was previously reported that the man and woman were previously in a relationship. During the press conference, police said a male friend of the woman who had been with her the evening of the shooting but in a different vehicle called 911 after Boyd appeared to be following her. The friend told the dispatcher that he and the woman decided to turn off the road and into the park's parking lot. According to police, Boyd pulled into the parking lot moments later and told the friend to leave. The friend complied with Boyd and then called 911 as he was leaving the park. Officers arrived 4 minutes later and as they exited their patrol vehicles, police say Boyd displayed a handgun and fired 3 shots at the woman, striking her. Three officers then immediately engaged Mr. Boyd and fired their service weapons multiple times, striking him. No officers were injured during this incident. Through the course of their investigation, detectives learned Boyd and the women were previously in a long-term relationship and had separated a few months prior. The week before the shooting, the woman filed a police report in Allen after Boyd tracked her to a movie theater and allegedly assaulted her. About three hours prior to the shooting, the woman called 911 to report Boyd had shown up outside a restaurant in Arlington where she was meeting friends. She told officers Boyd threatened her, pointed a gun at her, and then left. Investigators were in the process of obtaining an arrest warrant for Boyd and trying to locate him when the call from the park came in. Detectives later found a tracking device underneath the woman’s car. During the incident at the park, it appears Boyd fired a fourth shot. Detectives believe he may have attempted to shoot himself.

0:00 - Raw bodycam 1:35 - Narrative bodycam ----- San Antonio Police allege that on May 19, 21-year-old Angel Gabriel Cuevas drove toward two officers while attempting to flee the area in a stolen car, leading the officers to open fire. Authorities say that just before 7 p.m. on May 19, officers responding to a narcotics call at 17800 La Cantera Parkway were alerted of a stolen vehicle by their car's license plate reader. The officers then parked their patrol car behind the vehicle to prevent it from leaving. While those officers were attending to the narcotics call, Angel Gabriel Cuevas allegedly returned to the stolen vehicle and attempted to drive away. When those officers returned and attempted to stop Cuevas from fleeing, he allegedly drove towards the officers, intending to ram them. Those officers then opened fire on Cuevas, fatally striking him. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital

0:00 - Intro 2:28 - Body cam ----- A 32-year-old man faces a dozen charges in connection with an Ogle County shooting that sent three members of law enforcement to the hospital. Jonathon Gounaris is charged with four counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, three counts of aggravated battery and two counts of possession without a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card (FOID). The Ogle County State’s Attorney’s Office announced the charges June 18. According to Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle, law enforcement was called June 12 to a home in the 400 block of Wild Rice Lane in Lost Lake for reports of someone threatening to commit suicide and homicide. After multiple failed attempts to talk to the person, later identified as Gounaris, authorities sent an emergency response team into the home. Investigators say Gounaris then opened fire on law enforcement, spurring a shootout. Three members of the emergency response team and Gounaris were hurt. In a video news release shared June 18, Sheriff VanVickle said tactical medic Tyler Carls with the Rochelle Fire Department was hit twice in the body armor. Oregon Police Department Sergeant Tad Dominski was shot in the upper arm and Lieutenant Jason Ketter with the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office was shot in the face. Carls and Dominski were taken to KSB Hospital in Dixon and released. VanVickle said Ketter was flown to a Rockford hospital for surgery and released Friday, June 14. Gounaris was also taken to a local hospital for surgery after he was shot in the stomach. During the investigation, detectives reportedly found multiple guns, a fixed-blade knife, pepper spray and ballistic armor inside the home.

The Knoxville Police Department wants to remind drivers to always pay attention to the road and to slow down and move over for emergency vehicles. On Sunday afternoon, KPD officers were conducting a traffic stop on I-40 East near Alcoa Highway when a minivan crashed into a cruiser that was parked with the emergency lights on. "This is a good reminder of the real dangers for first responders, especially on the interstate," KPD said. In the video, you can see one of the officers getting out of the cruiser after the crash unharmed. KPD said the officer "is surprisingly okay." KPD said the officer was evaluated and released from the University of Tennessee on Sunday. It is unclear what led to the crash, according to KPD. "They are all lucky," KPD said.

Two bladed weapons were seized and a dangerous driver taken off the road after police stopped a stolen car in Southend. Officers responded after reports of people brandishing knives inside a vehicle in Ruskin Avenue. After the call came in at around 12.25pm on Wednesday, May 22, specially trained pursuit officers were on the tail of the vehicle in question by 1.10pm, signalling for it to stop by activating their blue lights. The vehicle, a Ford Kuga, was later found to be on cloned number plates. The car failed to stop, and a pursuit followed through Southend and into Great Wakering, during which, the Kuga was driven onto the wrong side of the road, and over the pavement near the entrance to a school, reaching dangerously high speeds. In High Street, Great Wakering, officers cut the Kuga off, blocking and making tactical contact with the vehicle to prevent any further risk to the public. The handle of a machete was found stashed inside the vehicle. The driver, a 17-year-old boy, from Shoeburyness, who cannot be named because of his age, was swiftly detained. Two blades – a knife and a machete – were recovered. Following a search of the driver, the sheath of a knife was recovered. He was arrested and later charged with possession of a knife, aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and driving without insurance. He appeared at Southend Magistrates’ Court on Friday, May 24 where he admitted the charges. At a sentencing hearing at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on June 14, he was sentenced to a youth detention and training order spanning six months. He was disqualified from driving for 15 months and must take an extended test before he can hold a licence. A 16-year-old boy, from Great Wakering, arrested on suspicion of possession of a knife, theft of a motor vehicle, and aggravated vehicle taking, remains on bail until July 21.

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.