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Seven New Jersey officers opened fire on an armed suspect in March 2014, striking him with more than 40 rounds. A grand jury reviewed the incident and determined their use of force was justified.

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AR- and AK-style rifles have been used in 33 shootings in the last nine months, the Chicago Tribune reported. At least 46 people were shot in those attacks, 13 of them fatally.

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The Baltimore Police Department released body camera footage Thursday showing a man raising a gun in the direction of an officer, prompting the officer to open fire, killing the man.

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A former police officer was charged with murder Thursday for an August shooting of a black man that sparked riots in Milwaukee.

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Deputies in Washington state were performing a wellness check Friday for 23-year-old Renee Davis when they shot and killed her. The woman's foster sister says she was five months pregnant.

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Albuquerque Police Officer Dominique Perez and now-retired Detective Keith Sandy have been ordered to stand trial for the 2014 death of James Boyd.

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The St. Louis Police Department released cell phone video of Tuesday’s officer-involved shooting of a shoplifter armed with a knife. The video shows two officers exit a single patrol car and order Kajieme Powell, 25, to drop his knife. Instead, Powell refused and was fatally shot. The police were responding to a call from a shop owner […]

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Two Cincinnati police officers opened fire and fatally struck an armed man as he tried to flee during a traffic stop early Tuesday morning. Officers Mark Bode and Thomas Weigard pulled over Donyale Rowe, 37, for illegally tinted windows. During the traffic stop Rowe fled on foot and as the officers pursued the suspect, he […]

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A Philadelphia man who was answering the door was fatally shot through the peephole Sunday night. The 29-year-old victim was checking to see who was at the door when at least two shots rang out. He was struck once in the face and was declared dead at the scene, NBC reports. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector […]

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A Brentwood, New Hampshire, house went up in flames and exploded after a shooting Monday afternoon that left a police officer dead. According to authorities, police responded to an incident at a house in a 55-and-up community where a father and his adult son were arguing. When police responded, a 48-year-old officer was fatally shot by the […]

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A Sugar Creek Township, Ohio, farmer fatally shot his farmhand after mistaking her for a groundhog Monday afternoon. Natasha G. Stover, 22, was plinking at targets in a field with her BB gun when Ralph Adams Jr., 79, spotted the top of her head and took her for a groundhog. From a distance of approximately […]

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Daniel Rey Wolfe, a U.S. Marine veteran, documented his suicide on Facebook by posting a series of comments and grisly photos Monday night. As it became increasingly evident he intended to take his own life, fellow comrades tried to step in, but despite their efforts they were too late. In the following days Wolfe’s friends […]

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