Law Enforcement

CHICAGO — Four Chicago police officers were stripped of their police powers and placed on desk duty last week amid an investigation into the documentation of guns recovered on the street, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. The investigation centers around the officers’ procedures in documenting firearms that were taken off the [...]

CHICAGO — Steven Montano, the 18-year-old accused of shooting and killing Chicago police officer Andres Vasquez Lasso, appeared in court Wednesday afternoon. A judge in Cook County Criminal Court ordered no bond for Montano, who faces first degree murder charges, after ruling he posed a danger to the community and is a flight risk. Read [...]

A 33-year-old walked into a Detroit-area police station armed with a handgun in late December and attempted to open fire. Owing to performance issues and the swiftness of a nearby officer, he was unable to follow through with a possible Christmastime massacre. Read more...

A 33-year-old walked into a Detroit-area police station armed with a handgun in late December and attempted to open fire. Owing to performance issues and the swiftness of a nearby officer, he was unable to follow through with a possible Christmastime massacre. Read more...

An Ohio man had to have his arm reattached after the zebra he owned chewed it off. Police eventually shot and killed the zebra. Police released some of the bodycam footage from the bizarre incident that unfolded on Sunday at about 5:30 p.m. in the man's fenced-in field in Pickaway County. Read more...

A Florida suspect was killed during a pursuit by deputies on Sunday after "waiting" and opening fire on the officers, striking one deputy three times, authorities said. Zion Bostick, 23, was allegedly trying to break into cars just before 7 p.m. in unincorporated St. Petersburg when deputies were alerted and began to pursue the suspect, [...]

A Missouri police officer is dead, one other is injured, and law enforcement is currently searching for the man they say is responsible. Hermann Police Department Detective Sergeant Mason Griffith and another officer were shot just before 9:20 p.m. Sunday outside a general store in Hermann, according to FOX 2 in St. Louis.   Read [...]

A police officer in New Jersey was injured and a suspect is dead after a shooting on Friday afternoon. The shooting happened in Deptford, New Jersey on Friday afternoon after 1 p.m., according to FOX 29. Read now...

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer who was killed in the line of duty was laid to rest Thursday. City officers and cops from across the country bid farewell to Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso, who was shot and killed last week while responding to a domestic violence call in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood on the [...]

Three police officers were hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday evening after they were shot by a suspect during an investigation in Lincoln Heights. The suspect was found dead several hours later, police said. The shooting took place some time after 6 p.m. near the intersection of Mission Road and North Broadway in the Lincoln Heights [...]