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A wrong-way driver who killed an off-duty Las Vegas police officer earlier this month was in the U.S. illegally, federal officials told local media outlets.. On Dec. 12, Fernando Jimenez-Jimenez ...
The Officer Down Memorial Page reports 633 deaths in the line of duty. [27] The leading cause of death for 2021 was COVID-19 at 454 deaths followed by gunfire at 64 deaths. Fifty-eight officers died in vehicle-related deaths (vehicular homicide, struck by vehicle while on-duty, automobile crash during pursuit).
On March 27, 2007, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was ordered to pay $1.48 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging Las Vegas police gave special treatment to an officer's wife who hit and killed a bicyclist in 1994. The settlement ends 13 years of legal fighting that began shortly ...
Nevada (Las Vegas) [22] 2003-07-30 Michael A. Newkirk (20) Black New Jersey (Newark) Newark police officers responding to complaints of noise and public drinking at a North Ward barbecue. Police say Newkirk pointed a gun at officers, but family members say he was holding only a liquor bottle. [citation needed] 2003-07-29 Kyle Banks (25)
Las Vegas, Nevada: Saenz was shot after approaching Las Vegas police officers with a long piece of metal. [35] 2024-02-20 Lucas Barros (42) Hispanic Los Lunas, New Mexico: Barros had an altercation with his wife, when the police arrived, he released the child with him and then walked back and pointed a gun at officers.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Two police officers were having lunch at a strip mall pizza buffet when a man and a woman fatally shot them in a point-blank ambush, then fled to a nearby Wal-Mart where they ...
This is a list of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States.The listing documents the date the incident resulting in conviction occurred, the date the officer(s) was convicted, the name of the officer(s), and a brief description of the original occurrence making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or ...