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• Video: Indiana Murder Suspect Went to Walmart Then Came Back During SWAT Standoff

  14-03-2018 18:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Indiana Murder Suspect Went to Walmart Then Came Back During SWAT StandoffA murder suspect broke through a police perimeter during a SWAT standoff last week in Terre Haute, IN, then he went to Walmart and came back to a house for a fatal confrontation with police.Terre Haute Police had the home of Mikey Reynolds surrounded. They say Reynolds murdered his ex-girlfriend and shot another man.During the standoff, police believe Reynolds escaped from his home through a basement window next to
  
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• Utah Officer Justified in Shooting Dog During Search for Missing Child, Court Says

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  A Salt Lake City police officer searching for a missing 3-year-old boy acted reasonably when he entered a fenced yard and fatally shot a large barking dog running toward him, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.In a 3-0 decision, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that Officer Brett Olsen did not violate the constitutional rights of Sean Kendall by entering his yard on June 18, 2014, without a warrant and shooting Geist the dog.Salt Lake City police Sgt. Brandon Shearer said Tuesday
  
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• California Teacher, Reserve Officer Accidentally Fires Gun in Class

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  Police were called to Seaside High School in Seaside, CA, on Tuesday afternoon after a report that a teacher accidentally fired a handgun in a classroom full of students.The teacher was identified as Dennis Alexander, a reserve police officer for Sand City, according to a press release from the Seaside Police Department. Alexander was believed to have been providing instruction related to public safety awareness when he fired a single shot from a semi-automatic handgun into the ceiling.According
  
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• 3 Men Convicted of Murdering Florida Deputy

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  A Florida jury convicted three men Tuesday of first-degree murder for ambushing and killing Broward Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Tephford in 2006. Now they will fight for their lives as they face possible death sentences.While the men were friends on the street, that bond did not extend to the courtroom, where each was unapologetic during the trial about trying to pin the blame for Tephford’s murder on the other two.And one defense lawyer warned the judge that Eloyn Ingraham, Bernard Forbe
  
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• Kentucky Officer Shot and Killed

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  A Pikeville, KY, police officer was shot and killed Tuesday night. One suspect is in custody. But a second suspect is at large and the subject of a manhunt.Officials in Eastern Kentucky say Officer Scotty Hamilton was shot and killed around 11:30 p.m. Hamilton, along with Kentucky State Police Troopers, were investigating a reported crime in the Hurricane Creek area of Pike County when Hamilton was shot.Kentucky State Police reportedly have one person in custody in connection with the officer's
  
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