A traffic stop for expired tags became a two-hour standoff with a negotiator, a psychiatric team, a drone and three failed less-lethal options. It ended at a measured twenty feet.
A West Chester sergeant with twenty years on found a man using a woman as a human shield in an upstairs bathroom. He fired one round. Three other officers had an angle and none of them fired.
A Cleburne officer was shot in the leg and a man was killed after a pursuit that started in Cleburne ended at a Burleson Sam’s Club. The Texas Rangers have the investigation.
Monroe County deputies were told a man was suicidal and armed with a knife. Nobody told them he was hard of hearing. On camera he says "What?" — and the 911 audio that would settle the argument is sealed.
NYPD had a barricaded man with a shotgun and nobody answering the phone. ESU was stacked at the door when the house blew. Fifteen seconds later he walked out of the fire armed and wearing a vest.
Seven officer-involved shootings broken down in one sitting: a house that explodes with ESU stacked at the door, a deaf man’s family fighting a sealed 911 tape, a hostage saved with one round, and a two-hour standoff over expired tags.
San Antonio officers tried to stop a man on a bicycle. He fled, went down, and drew a handgun. Four officers fired. He died at the scene. No officers were hurt.
A Dallas sergeant arrived alone to a stabbing already in progress, separated from the victim by a fence. He fired one round as the suspect fled and missed. She survived.
A Columbus man held a gun to each temple and told officers to kill him. They talked to him for minutes. Then he extended both arms. Officers fired and missed.
