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• Video: Slain Ohio Officer’s K-9 Attended Vigil, Will Live with Family

  13-02-2018 23:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Slain Ohio Officer’s K-9 Attended Vigil, Will Live with FamilyThe K-9 partner of an Ohio officer who was killed in a shooting Saturday attended a vigil in his honor.K-9 Sam was in the back of Officer Eric Joering’s police vehicle during the shooting. He wasn’t hurt, WKRN TV reports.Sam’s original trainer, Mike Pennington, got him from the shooting scene that day. He says Sam was scared and shaken up.Pennington says Sam is hurting. Despite his pain, he has traded in
  
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• Video: Chicago Police Commander Shot, Killed at Government Building

  13-02-2018 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Chicago Police Commander Shot, Killed at Government BuildingA high-ranking Chicago officer was fatally shot while assisting a tactical team at a state government office building downtown.Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the off-duty officer was shot around 2 p.m. Tuesday at the James R. Thompson Center, also known as the State of Illinois Building. The officer was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He was shot twice in the head, reports WLS-TV.Supt. Eddie Johnson has identifie
  
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• Detroit Officer Killed in Crash During Training Exercise

  13-02-2018 23:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Detroit police officer was killed Tuesday when he was involved in a crash on Michigan Avenue near Clark Avenue.Officer Darren Weathers, 25, known as "Lucky" by friends and colleagues, was involved in the crash about 11:30 a.m. He had been an officer with the Detroit Police Department for less than two years.Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Weathers was participating in a training exercise when he was hit by a vehicle, pushing his vehicle into a metal pylon, and he was rushed to Henry Ford
  
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• Man Charged with Killing Ohio Officers had Violent Record

  13-02-2018 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  The man charged with killing two police officers during a domestic disturbance in Westerville, OH, has a history of violent domestic encounters in Cuyahoga County, records show.Quentin Lamar Smith pleaded guilty in 2008 to barging into his neighbor's home, where his then-wife went following an argument, and held a gun to her head, according to court records.That incident came nine months after a judge dismissed felony charges that accused Smith of stabbing his mothe
  
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• Washington Suspect Expresses "Love and Respect" for K-9 That Took Him Down

  13-02-2018 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Pierce County (WA) Sheriff's Department says its deputies recently used a K-9 to capture a domestic violence suspect and despite being "contacted" by the dog, he said he had "love and respect" for the animal.Reporting on Facebook, the Pierce County SD says:"At 1:19 a.m. on Feb. 8, a 911 call was placed from a residence in South Hill. The dispatcher could only hear the sound of a male and a female arguing in the background and could not get any information from the caller on what type of emer
  
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• Man Charged With Buying Gun That Killed 2 Ohio Officers

  13-02-2018 00:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The government has arrested a man accused of providing the gun used in the fatal shooting of two Ohio police officers.Federal prosecutors say Gerald Lawson of suburban Cleveland is accused of buying the handgun for shooting suspect Quentin Smith last summer, reports the Associated Press.A criminal complaint filed against Lawson in federal court Monday says Smith gave Lawson the money to buy the gun along with $100 for completing the transaction.As a felon convicted previously of burglary, Smith
  
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