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Video: Indiana Active Shooter Targeted Police, Officials Believe

16-05-2018 23:19 via feedproxy.google.com

VIDEO: Indiana Active Shooter Targeted Police, Officials BelieveAn active shooter who opened fire on his Evansville, IN, neighborhood Friday night with an AR-15 and a shotgun was targeting law enforcement in a planned ambush, officials believe. The gunman was killed but not before he killed a man officials think he mistook for an officer.The suspected gunman Barry Freeman was shot twice in the chest by city police detective Kyle Thiry about an hour after police arrived on-scene, according to the

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Officer Who Saved YouTube Shooting Victim’s Life Honored by City

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A Pacifica, CA, police officer who responded to the shooting at YouTube headquarters in April has been honored for his heroic actions that saved a gunshot victim’s life.At Tuesday night’s Pacifica City Council meeting, Officer Joseph Gomez was presented with the Departmental Life Saving Medal for his actions during the attack on April 3.Three people were shot and injured in the attack at YouTube’s headquarters.Officer Gomez responded to the shooting and discovered one of the vi

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Illinois SRO Stops Attempted School Attack, Shoots Gunman

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An Illinois school resource officer is being credited with stopping what could have been a school massacre today by engaging and shooting the suspect.The incident happened at Dixon High School in Dixon, IL. The SRO has been identified as Officer Mark Dallas of the Dixon Police Department.A 19-year-old suspect was wounded in the shooting. Officials say he was hit in the shoulder and the injury appears to be non-life threatening.It appears the suspect, who was recently expelled from the school, wa

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Former Virginia Officer Protests Pending Release of Man Who Shot Him in Head

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The man who shot a Virginia police officer in the head five years ago will ask the court for his freedom next month.Alexandria police Officer Peter Laboy was on motorcycle patrol in Old Town Feb. 27, 2013, when he tried to pull over a taxi driver wanted for suspicious activity. The suspect – Kashif Bashir – shot Laboy in the head. Bashir led police on a chase before he crashed and was arrested in the Mt. Vernon area.But Bashir, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, was found not

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Nevada Troopers Find Wrecked $300,000 Sports Car in Desert

16-05-2018 00:26 via feedproxy.google.com

Police say seatbelts saved the lives of two people who crashed their $300,000 supercar in the Nevada desert, but the vehicle’s engineers deserve a fair share of the credit.The Nevada Highway Patrol found the totaled McLaren 720 about 70 yards off a road near Lake Mead last week, with damage suggesting that it had rolled at least once as it just missed falling down a ravine, Fox News reports.The 710 horsepower coupe is one of the quickest cars in the world, and has a top speed of 212 mph. I

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