Officer-Involved Shootings
Police1’s officer-involved shootings resource page provides law enforcement professionals with timely news, expert analysis, and practical training insights related to deadly force incidents. Explore breaking updates on officer shootings nationwide, legal developments, use-of-force policies, and tactical lessons learned. Our coverage includes commentary from law enforcement leaders, attorneys, and trainers to help officers and agencies prepare for, respond to, and recover from critical incidents. Whether you are a patrol officer, supervisor, or command staff, Police1 delivers trusted resources to support informed decision-making, enhance officer safety, and improve community trust in law enforcement.
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Body camera video shows a Youngstown officer struggling to release his handgun from a jam after his partner was shot
One Cedartown officer activated his TASER’s electrical arc in an effort to scare the donkey away, while another officer fatally shot it
Minnehaha Sheriff’s Deputy Katherine Frank, 26, died days after she was shot while responding to a call at a residence
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced changes to the use of force review system after an NYPD officer awaiting a disciplinary trial in a 2024 OIS was erroneously allowed to retire
Body camera footage shows the man firing at officers, an air unit, bystanders and structures for about an hour before two SWAT officers shot him
Portland Police K-9 Kylo had brought the homicide suspect to the ground before he pointed a gun at officers; officers fired shots, killing the man and gravely injuring Kylo
As a Birmingham Police officer caught up to a suspect on foot and attempted to detain him, the suspect attempted to take control of his TASER, the department stated
As Cambridge Police officers instructed a man to exit his vehicle, he reached under his seat, pulled out a handgun and pointed it at an officer
“I’m going to come up there ... and I’m going to shoot you,” the man can be heard telling Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies
Former Tulsa Police officer Betty Shelby was acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher, but faces a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by his family
Body camera video shows the man immediately pointing the replica gun at his own head; as Lansing officers tried to de-escalate, the man ran and pointed it at officers
Video shows the suspect dropped a gun when he fell while running from officers, then picked it up before they fired; the judge ruled the shooting was objectively reasonable
After the gunfire exchange, the man abandoned the vehicle and attempted to carjack an occupied vehicle; Hartford officers shot the suspect, rendered medical aid and took him into custody
Bodycam video shows officers with NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit climbing out to the man and negotiating with him for more than an hour before he moved in with the knife
An Okaloosa County jury found Eddie Duran not guilty of manslaughter in the death of Roger Fortson; Duran fatally shot Fortson after Fortson opened his door holding a gun
K-9 Kylo was working his final shift before retirement when police gunfire struck him during a standoff with a homicide suspect
Loveland Police spoke with the man to coax him out of the home and deployed less lethal measures as he sat with the handgun before the man grabbed it and fired shots
Trooper Hayden Phillips, a husband and father of three, was remembered as a “hero who dedicated himself to protecting our commonwealth”
The woman had stabbed two people in the square, killing one before she approached officers and told them that they would have to kill her
The suit claimed the officers “should have recognized” that the man was in the midst of a crisis and that he did not pose a real threat to officers because of his small stature
K-9 Kylo was killed during an attempt to arrest a suspect, who also died during the incident; he had served with the Portland Police Bureau since 2020
The armed man jumped from a vehicle and fled on foot, ignoring the officer’s commands to get on the ground during a foot pursuit, the Milwaukee Police Department stated
The man refused to provide Harris County deputies with any identification before eventually pulling out a gun, firing shots and chasing deputies
The man yelled at Salt Lake City officers and pulled out a knife as he fled; he refused to drop the knife, and after a TASER deployment, the officers fired shots
Body camera footage shows Alliance Police officers deploying a TASER through the man’s open truck door; when he produced a gun, they fired shots
A Spokane Valley deputy responded after a man was seen with an apparent handgun near a school; the deputy fired shots when the man ran up to the cruiser and pointed the replica firearm
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