The Chicago officer who was shot and killed during a gun battle late Wednesday afternoon has been identified as 32-year-old Andres Vasquez. Breitbart News reported the shootout on Wednesday, noting that a Chicago officer was taken to the hospital in critical condition before succumbing to his wounds. Read more...
CHICAGO — Law enforcement across the country, including in the Chicago area, are working to combat a dangerous trend of criminals using small devices that turn a semi-automatic handgun into a fully automatic weapon. Although machine-gun conversion devices (MCDs) go by a handful of names, one of the most common types, is known as a [...]
CHICAGO — Thirty-eight hours before Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso was gunned down responding to a domestic battery call nine other Chicago cops came under fire in a different part of the city as they faced-off against a suspect wearing body armor. Steven Wade, 43 of Joliet, is accused of holding a 44-year-old woman and a 21-year-old [...]
A man was arrested after he was reported to have shot a rifle, which turned out to be a pellet gun, towards another person in Wonder Lake, leading to a brief standoff Wednesday. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Wonder Lake Police Department responded around 2:12 p.m. Wednesday to a 911 call for a report [...]
A police officer suffered a serious head injury after a convicted felon arrested for possessing a gun ran from officers while handcuffed in Zion, authorities said. Zion Police Department officers conducted a traffic stop around 10:07 p.m. Tuesday on a silver 2003 Mercedes, driven by Malcom Adams, 29, of Zion. Read more...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) – Authorities say a man has been found dead following a standoff that started Tuesday night after multiple officers were shot in Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City Police Department said the incident started after 9:30 p.m. in the area of E. 23rd Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard. Read more...
Officials say a Kentucky man who was in custody after allegedly shooting three law enforcement officers in June died in jail on Tuesday. Authorities believe the death was a suicide. WYMT reported Lance Storz, who was accused of fatally shooting three law enforcement officers in June, died in the Pike County Detention Center early Tuesday, [...]
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. (FOX 2) — A police officer was wounded and a second person was shot dead Sunday afternoon, prompting a standoff in a neighborhood just outside Dupo, Illinois. According to a statement from the Illinois State Police, the shooting happened just after 1:15 p.m. in the 400 block of McBride Avenue. Read [...]
The Austin, Texas Police Department is on the verge of a staffing collapse after 40 officers file retirement papers one week amid a contract dispute with the city council. Austin Retired Officers Association President Dennis Farris warned the department is in "dire straits" on "Fox & Friends First" Monday as 150 officers reach out to [...]
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Attorney General’s Office has filed a response to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ending cash bail by saying lawsuit plaintiffs’ arguments should be rejected. Dozens of state’s attorneys from around Illinois joined together to file a lawsuit to have the Illinois SAFE-T Act’s bail provision thrown out. Read [...]
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