Officers were shot and wounded early Wednesday by a motorist during a traffic stop in central Illinois, police said. The motorist was killed when officers returned fire. After stopping a vehicle about 12:30 a.m. Decatur police ordered the driver, based on information they knew prior to the stop, to show his hands, but he didn’t, Decatur Police Chief Shane Brandel said. As one of the officers noticed what they believed to be a handgun in …
Philadelphia shootout leaves teen dead in city’s Kensington section; roughly 80 shots fired – WPVI-TV A shootout happened in the 3400 block of North Palethorpe Street in Kensington, between Tioga and Ontario Streets, and a 17-year-old was shot multiple times. A Ring camera captured video of gunmen shooting a teenager in Philadelphia on Thursday night. Police recovered multiple weapons and several magazines from the scene of the incident. After the shooting, authorities now have several …
Phoenix police say that the shooting happened near 26th Ave and Deer Valley after officers responded to reports of a shooting at the Days Inn around 8:45 p.m. The suspect was shooting toward a nearby business. A man and a woman pulled into the parking lot and were shot and killed by the suspect as police arrived on the scene. The shooter, wearing full tactical gear, tried to throw a Molotov cocktail at a business but failed …
A veteran in Clayton County ran out of his home with a rifle after suspects attempted to break into his vehicle. “My first thought was to protect my house and protect my property. I just wanted to get the intruders away,” Whitfield Smith said. Whitfield saw a group of men on his property and jumped into action, escaping without injuries. One of the men made a near-fatal decision and tried to get into his BMW. …