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8 dead, more injured in mass shooting
CLOSE A press conference on a shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility, delivered by IMPD spokesperson Genae Cook. Indianapolis Star Corrections & Clarification: A previous version of this story misstated where the shooting took place. It occurred at the FedEx Ground facility. Eight people were killed during a mass shooting at the FedEx Ground Plainfield Operations Center late …
Kim Potter appears in court in Minnesota shooting
CLOSE About 60 people were arrested in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, in connection with demonstrations for Daunte Wright. Storyful BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – The former Brooklyn Center police officer charged with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, made her first court appearance Thursday. Kim Potter appeared briefly on Zoom for a largely procedural …
Protesters call for justice in wake of shooting
CLOSE Curfew didn’t stop hundreds from a second day of protesting for Daunte Wright, a 20-year old killed by Brooklyn Center Police on April 11, 2021. USA TODAY BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Communities across the nation marched and mourned for the third consecutive night Tuesday in memory of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was …
Mobile Police show technology helping solve shooting cases
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Mobile saw five shootings over the weekend. Two of those shootings were fatal. On Monday, April 12, city leaders came together, discussing initiatives to slow the violence. Police report 14 homicides in 2021, which’s compared to 10 around this time in 2020. Officers are not able to give …
Daunte Wright Shooting an ‘Accidental Discharge,’ Brooklyn Center Police Chief Says
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — The officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop near Minneapolis mistakenly confused her gun for her Taser, police officials said on Monday, quickly releasing video as they tried to ease tensions in a state on edge over the Derek Chauvin trial. In a brief clip of body …
Officer wounded, one dead, one detained in Knoxville, TN school shooting
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a confrontation in a Tennessee high school that involved police officers responding to a report of a possible armed man left one person dead and the officer wounded. Police say no other person were killed or wounded in Monday afternoon’s shooting and that the scene has been secured at …
Minnesota police chief says he believes officer meant to grab Taser before shooting Black man during traffic stop
A Minnesota police chief said he believes an officer wanted to use a Taser, but mistakenly drew a service revolver before fatally shooting a Black man at point-blank range during a traffic stop. The Brooklyn Center Police Department released body-camera footage of Sunday afternoon’s encounter that ended in the death of Daunte Wright, 20. Wright …
Police giving update on deadly officer-involved shooting of Daunte Wright in Minneapolis suburb
A police officer fatally shot a man after he was pulled over in a Minneapolis suburb Sunday, leading to clashes between protesters and law enforcement. The death of the man, identified by family as Daunte Wright, and ensuing unrest came in the midst of the Derek Chauvin trial for the killing of George Floyd. Police said …
Man who was with Adam Toledo, 13, at time of fatal shooting charged with felony gun charges
Ruben Roman, 21 (Chicago Police Department) CHICAGO — The man who was with 13-year-old Adam Toledo when he was fatally shot by Chicago police has been charged with felony gun charges. Ruben Roman, 21, was charged with felony reckless discharge of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and endangerment of a …
Several injured in shooting in Bryan, Texas
By Dakin Andone and Hollie Silverman | CNN Police responded Thursday to the scene of a shooting at an industrial park in Bryan, Texas, where they found “several victims,” according to Lt. Jason James of the Bryan Police Department. James could not speak to the extent of the victims’ injuries in a news conference Thursday …
