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• Wounded Firefighter at Vegas Concert Shooting Praises Police for Running Toward Gunfire

  04-10-2017 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The California firefighter had himself been shot while doing CPR on a wounded victim in Las Vegas when he could have just sought cover.But the courage he later talked about was that of the police officers he saw charging directly towards the gunfire.“He said it was one of the most amazing thing he ever saw,” Mike Brown, an off-duty Las Vegas doctor, told The Daily Beast. 
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• Video: Sheriff Releases Body Camera Footage from Vegas Concert Shooting

  04-10-2017 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Sheriff Releases Body Camera Footage from Vegas Concert ShootingLas Vegas authorities released body camera footage from police officers trying to locate the source of the gunfire in Sunday’s mass shooting, which killed 59 people and injured more than 500 others.Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Undersheriff Kevin McMahill narrated the three-minute video to reporters in Tuesday’s evening police briefing. The video is a compilation of several scenes from that night, PBS reports.In o
  
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• GA Deputy Shot, Rushed to Hospital

  04-10-2017 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Clay County, GA, sheriff’s deputy was reportedly shot Wednesday morning and rushed to a Dothan hospital.Details of the shooting aren’t immediately known though unofficial yet reliable reports are that the officer suffered a wound to the face.A source familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak about it said a suspect is in custody but that wasn’t immediately confirmed by officials, WTVY reports. 
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• Police say US soccer star Alex Morgan appeared 'highly impaired' during Epcot Center dispute - Washington Post

  04-10-2017 12:52 via washingtonpost.com
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  Police say US soccer star Alex Morgan appeared 'highly impaired' during Epcot Center dispute
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  This story has been updated. U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan and a group of friends, including Major League Soccer players Giles Barnes and Donny Toia, paid a visit to Epcot Center in Orlando on Sunday. It didn't end well. The Orange County Sheriff's ...
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• Davenport Police are monitoring possible school threats - KWQC-TV6

  04-10-2017 12:35 via kwqc.com
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  Davenport Police are monitoring possible school threats
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  Davenport, IA (KWQC) Davenport Police are looking into threats which have been posted on social media regarding a possible shooting at North High School. According to police, they have been in contact with administrators from the Davenport School ...and more »
  
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• LISTEN: Amid Chaos In Las Vegas, Police Dispatches Reveal An Evolving Response - NPR

  04-10-2017 12:00 via npr.org
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  LISTEN: Amid Chaos In Las Vegas, Police Dispatches Reveal An Evolving Response
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  It took just over an hour. At about 10:08 p.m. local time Sunday, the first reports of gunfire surfaced on dispatch radio for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. By 11:20 p.m., law enforcement had used explosives to bust down the door of a ...
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• How the Las Vegas Shooting Could Change Police Tactics - New York Times

  04-10-2017 11:05 via nytimes.com
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  How the Las Vegas Shooting Could Change Police Tactics
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  The Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, where the gunman fired at a music festival from the 32nd floor. Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times. A trained sharpshooter firing from atop the University of Texas Tower in 1966 introduced many Americans to ...and more »
  
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• UNC Police: Woman assaulted during campus robbery - WTVD-TV

  04-10-2017 10:30 via abc11.com
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  UNC Police: Woman assaulted during campus robbery
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  Police at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are investigating a robbery on campus. It happened around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday on Manning Drive. Police say a man came up to a woman, assaulted her, and then ran off with some cash. No weapons ...and more »
  
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• 'Bible Study' drinking game might be linked to fraternity death, police say - Fox News

  04-10-2017 10:16 via foxnews.com
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  'Bible Study' drinking game might be linked to fraternity death, police say
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  Police investigate the death of student Maxwell Gruver on the campus of Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 14, 2017. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via Associated Press). The death of a Louisiana State University fraternity pledge ...and more »
  
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• Man wounded by gunfire; police probe Vernon Ave. scene - Bloomington Pantagraph

  04-10-2017 08:19 via pantagraph.com
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  Man wounded by gunfire; police probe Vernon Ave. scene
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  Normal police dig early Wednesday for unspecified evidence in the yard on the west side of the home at 304 E. Vernon Ave., Normal, which was struck by gunfire late Tuesday night. Roger Miller, The Pantagraph. 100417-blm-loc-1gunfire. Buy Now.and more »
  
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• Michigan State Police Sergeant Under Investigation For Tossing Evidence in the Damon Grimes Case - The Root

  04-10-2017 07:08 via theroot.com
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  Michigan State Police Sergeant Under Investigation For Tossing Evidence in the Damon Grimes Case
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  As if having their leader in the news for posting hateful messages on Facebook wasn't enough, the troubles with the Michigan State Police continue to grow. The trooper who allegedly used his stun gun on the 15-year-old ATV driver he was chasing has ...and more »
  
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• Las Vegas Police Release Bodycam Footage; ATF Says Gunman Had 'Bump-Fire' Stocks - NPR

  04-10-2017 05:44 via npr.org
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  Las Vegas Police Release Bodycam Footage; ATF Says Gunman Had 'Bump-Fire' Stocks
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  Less than 48 hours after the massacre on the Las Vegas Strip that led to the deaths of 59 people including the shooter, details of the attack are coming into focus. And footage from police body cameras offers a new vantage point on the horrific events.
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• Wife of San Francisco police officer dies during Las Vegas shooting - KTVU San Francisco

  04-10-2017 05:03 via ktvu.com
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  Wife of San Francisco police officer dies during Las Vegas shooting
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  NOVATO, Calif. (KTVU) - The wife of a San Francisco police officer is among the 59 victims who died during the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, according to her brother-in-law. “It's with a heavy heart and deep sorrow, Stacee Etcheber has ...
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• 2 shot within 2 hours in separate Syracuse shootings, police say - Syracuse.com

  04-10-2017 04:53 via syracuse.com
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  2 shot within 2 hours in separate Syracuse shootings, police say
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  SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Two shootings that occurred less than two hours apart in Syracuse injured two men, according to the Syracuse Police Department. They are both recovering at area hospitals and are expected to survive. The first shooting happened at 7 ...and more »
  
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• Police arrest suspect in Barberton-Norton shooting - Akron Beacon Journal

  04-10-2017 04:39 via ohio.com
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  Police arrest suspect in Barberton-Norton shooting
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  Copley police assist and block off Barber Road as several law enforcement agencies search for an active shooter after reports shots being fired between I-76 and Barberton High School Tuesday in Barberton. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal).and more »
  
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• Las Vegas Officer Killed in Concert Shooting Was a Dad, Coach, and Author

  04-10-2017 03:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Charleston Hartfield, an off-duty Las Vegas police officer and recently published author of a memoir about life on the force, was killed Sunday night in the mass shooting on the Strip.Officer Hartfield, a 34-year-old military veteran known as Charles, Chucky or "ChuckyHart," also coached youth football, said Troy Rhett, who told the Las Vegas Review-Journal the two had known each other for about eight years.Rhett said he sent Hartfield a text message late Sunday night, "hoping he would text me b
  
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• L.A. Sues Federal Government Over Threats to Withhold Funds

  04-10-2017 02:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Marking the latest legal challenge to the Trump administration's crackdown on "sanctuary cities," Los Angeles is suing the U.S. Department of Justice over its policy of conditioning federal funds on cooperation with immigration agents, reports the Los Angeles Times.In a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court, City Atty. Mike Feuer alleges that the Justice Department decision to tie federal grants to immigration enforcement is unconstitutional.The lawsuit cites the Community Oriented Policin
  
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• Las Vegas Gunman Installed Spy Cameras to Detect LE Movements

  04-10-2017 02:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  The gunman who attacked a Las Vegas country music festival installed cameras outside his hotel room, including at least one in a room service cart, to watch for the approach of police officers, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Tuesday.Officials still haven't offered a motive for why Stephen Paddock, 64, of Mesquite, Nev., opened fire at a concert across the street from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Sunday night. Fifty-nine people were killed and more than 500 injured in the attack.
  
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• Judge Appoints Baltimore Consent Decree Monitor

  04-10-2017 02:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A federal judge has appointed Kenneth Thompson, an attorney at the Baltimore-based law firm Venable, as monitor of the sweeping consent decree mandating local police reforms between Baltimore and the U.S. Department of Justice, reports the Baltimore Sun.U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar made the appointment at the request of the two parties after a public selection process, under which Bredar said he was "confident that the public's input was heard."In his order announcing the appointment, pos
  
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• Video: Houston PD Officer Paralyzed in Shooting Released From Hospital

  04-10-2017 01:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Houston PD Officer Paralyzed in Shooting Released From HospitalA Houston police officer shot in the line of duty and paralyzed from the waist down is finally home after seven months of rehabilitation. Officer Ronny Cortez left TIRR Memorial Hermann Monday morning, reports KTRK.Cortez and another officer were shot by a burglary suspect in southwest Houston in February.Cortez was shot once in the neck, in the stomach, and in the spine. The bullet that hit his spine was only recently removed
  
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• Video: Off-Duty TX Officer Helped Save Wounded Concertgoers in Las Vegas

  04-10-2017 01:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Off-Duty TX Officer Helped Save Wounded Concertgoers in Las VegasA Texas deputy police chief who was backstage at a deadly country music concert in Las Vegas helped rescue at least three people, reports KWTX.Deputy Chief of the Seguin (TX) Police Department, Bruce Ure, was off duty with friends in the VIP section of the Route 91 Harvest Festival listening to headliner Jason Aldean when gunfire broke out. He was one of many first responders who were there to enjoy the event that instead en
  
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• The FBI's Latest Report Suggests the 'Ferguson Effect' Is Real

  04-10-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  At first glance, the number seems like an error — as if an FBI statistician had accidentally transposed some digits in the bureau's annual report on crime released earlier this week.Alas, anyone who has been paying attention to violence in Chicago knows the FBI didn't make a mistake — the shocking number is accurate. There really were 765 murders in Chicago in 2016. Chicago's annual murder total jumped 86% in the space of two years, evoking memories of the early 1990s crack wars when
  
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• Atlanta police chief on new pot law: 'Marijuana is still illegal' - WSB Atlanta

  04-10-2017 00:43 via wsbtv.com
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  Atlanta police chief on new pot law: 'Marijuana is still illegal'
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  ATLANTA - Atlanta City Council voted to approve a new ordinance that reduces the penalties for people caught with less than an ounce of marijuana. The new law would eliminate jail time for those convicted of the offense. The new law would eliminate ...and more »
  
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• Police find body of man dead for more than a year inside home - WSB Atlanta

  04-10-2017 00:30 via wsbtv.com
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  Police find body of man dead for more than a year inside home
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  DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Police say the body of a man found in a DeKalb County home may have been there for a year. DeKalb police were called to a home on Telstar Drive on Monday night. They found the bones of a 48-year-old man in a bedroom.
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• Police search for possibly armed man near Plainfield North High School - WLS-TV

  04-10-2017 00:02 via abc7chicago.com
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  Police search for possibly armed man near Plainfield North High School
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  Will County authorities were searching Tuesday afternoon the area around Plainfield North High School for a possibly armed man who allegedly stole a vehicle in rural Mendota the night before, the Lee County Sheriff's Department said. Lowell Maxwell ...and more »
  
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