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Former South Carolina cop takes plea deal in federal shooting death case

by Brian Seay

The officer took a plea deal with prosecutors nearly a year after pleading not guilty to charges stemming from the shooting death of Walter Scott.

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Louisiana officer sentenced to 40 years for shooting death of autistic boy

by Brian Seay

A former officer was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Friday for the shooting death of a 6-year-old autistic boy in Marksville, Louisiana.

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Dramatic bodycam footage shows Utah police kill man with his own gun (VIDEO)

by Brian Seay

Body camera footage released Friday shows a deadly officer-involved shooting in Roy, Utah, earlier this year.

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SWAT officer shoots Baltimore man threatening children with a knife

by Brian Seay

A man who barricaded himself in a Baltimore home and threatened two small children with a butcher knife was shot and killed by a SWAT team member Friday morning.

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Chicago set to pay $5 million in two police shooting settlements

by Jacki Billings

The city of Chicago is prepared to shell out more than $5 million in lawsuit settlements filed by the families of two men fatally shot in separate police-involved shootings, according to court documents.

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4 police involved shootings in Chicago in 10 days

by Brian Seay

It was a violent Thanksgiving week in Chicago for law enforcement -- four police involved shootings in a nine day stretch, with four completely different stories to tell.

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St. Louis man suspected of shooting sergeant killed by police in shootout

by Brian Seay

Police in St. Louis shot and killed a man early Monday after they say he shot at a police sergeant hours earlier.

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Gun used in police shootout linked to five unsolved murders in Alaska

by Brian Seay

A gun used in a shootout with police last weekend in Alaska has been linked to five unsolved murders in Anchorage.

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Nevada DA clears Reno officers involved in ‘suicide by cop’ shooting

by Christen Smith

The Washoe County District Attorney released a report Nov. 9 clearing three Reno police officers in a bizarre “suicide by cop” shooting last year.

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2 versions of the story in Chicago police involved shooting

by Brian Seay

Tensions are running high on Chicago's Southwest Side after a road rage incident Saturday led to a police involved shooting that left an Indiana man dead.

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Chicago police seeks public comment on new use of force guidelines

by Brian Seay

Once the commenting period closes later this month department officials hope to implement a new policy that makes the highest priority “the sanctity of human life.”

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Prosecutor: Former officer staged scene after shooting unarmed man

by Brian Seay

A South Carolina prosecutor says a former police officer staged the crime scene after shooting an unarmed man in the back several times during a 2015 traffic stop.

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