Category: officer

Miami Officer Shot Pursuing Robbery Suspect Dies Days Later

MIAMI—A 29-year-old police officer who was shot in the head while trying to stop a robbery suspect in Miami has died, officials said. Det. Cesar Echaverry was shot Monday night as he and other officers closed in a suspect wanted for an earlier robbery in nearby Broward County, police said. His family had remained by…


Miami Officer Still Critical as Robbery Suspect Identified

MIAMI—A 29-year-old police officer who was shot in the head while trying to stop a robbery suspect in Miami remained in “extremely critical condition” early Wednesday, officials said. Det. Cesar Echaverry was shot Monday night as he and other officers closed in a suspect wanted for an earlier robbery in nearby Broward County, police said….


Miami Shooting: Officer Critical, Suspect Killed

A Miami-Dade police officer was critically wounded and an armed robbery suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire during a car chase Monday night, authorities said. The suspect smashed his vehicle into a police cruiser and another car while trying to flee following a reported armed robbery near the Liberty City neighborhood, the Miami-Dade…


Pakistani Army Officer Kidnapped and Killed: Officials

Terrorists shot dead a kidnapped Pakistani army officer as his comrades were closing in to try to rescue him in the restive southwest province of Baluchistan, the military said on Thursday. Baluchistan has long been the scene of a low-level insurgency by the outlawed Baluchistan Liberation Army, or BLA, and other separatist groups demanding independence…


VIDEO: Officer Escorts Duck and Her Babies Across Busy Road, ‘First Class Service Right Here!’

A kind police officer who herded a mother duck and her ducklings safely across a busy road has touched the hearts of his Arizona community. California-born Casey Walag, 41, a full-time realtor from Chandler, Arizona, captured the “VIP style” escort on film. She was driving down Riggs Road to collect her 3- and 5-year-old girls from…


German Suspect in Shooting That Injured Officer Found Dead

BERLIN—Police in western Germany say a man suspected of shooting at officers Friday, injuring one, has been found dead in his apartment. Saarland state police didn’t immediately specify how the man had died. “The investigation is ongoing,” police added. The shooting began after officers arrived with a court order to search the 67-year-old suspect’s apartment…


Man Gets 55 Years for Fatal 2017 Shooting of Indiana Officer

INDIANAPOLIS—A man convicted of fatally shooting an Indiana police officer who came to his aid following a car crash in 2017 was sentenced Friday to 55 years in prison. A Marion County judge sentenced Jason D. Brown to 58 years, with three years suspended, in the killing of 38-year-old Southport police Lt. Aaron Allan. The…


Gunman Dead After Firing More Than 100 Rounds, Officer Hurt

ROSEVILLE, Minn.—A gunman fired more than 100 rounds in his suburban Minneapolis neighborhood, seriously wounding a police officer before the suspect was shot and later died, police said Wednesday. Officers in Roseville responded to a report of shots fired around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and encountered a chaotic scene as they immediately came under fire, Police…


New Details Emerge on Deadly HB Helicopter Crash

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has provided new details of the fatal crash in Newport Beach last month that killed Huntington Beach Police Department Officer Nicholas Vella. The initial report issued Wednesday detailed how Villa and the pilot were on a routine patrol over Newport Beach about 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 when…


New Mexico Officer Wounded, 1 Suspect Dead, 2nd at Large

HOBBS, N.M.—An encounter between a New Mexico officer and two suspects left the officer wounded, one of the suspects dead and the other at large after she escaped in a police vehicle, officials said Thursday. It began about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday when the officer encountered what appeared to be a stranded vehicle in Hobbs near…