#police-response

#police-response

One of the more frustrating things one so often comes across in media reporting on violent crime are expressions that offhandedly acknowledge that the suspect was "known to police prior to the killings." Such a phrase, dropped into a piece of CNN reporting on the arrest this week of a man suspected of killing three elderly men in his community, happened to catch my attention, because it's one of those phrases that implies an entire story happening behind the story. Put simply, the police don't just "know" everyone. A person is "known," in this context, because they've already been flagged to law enforcement before, either by their own actions/prior record or because people have been reporting that they are concerned about/frightened by the individual.

Bronx detectives are investigating after a 23-year-old woman was shot and killed outside a playground early Thursday morning. Law enforcement sources said the bloodshed occurred just after midnight on May 28 in front of 2158 Aqueduct Ave., just outside Aqueduct Lands Playground in University Heights. Officers from the 46th Precinct rushed to the location after receiving a 911 call about the incident.

Police in Scottsbluff, Nebraska were called out to a local store after reports of a blast involving a shotgun. When officers arrived, they found a truck with blast damage in one of its doors and a woman who had been struck in the arm by a pellet from a shotgun. Investigation showed the blast happened as the vehicle had pulled up to the store as a dog had been moving from one side of its back seat to another.

Authorities say that, before they were killed, they slowed the shooters, sent out a warning and alerted police, allowing dozens of schoolchildren inside the mosque to scramble for safety. They're now hailed as heroes: a security guard with a winning smile, a storekeeper known for his lentil soup and the husband of a schoolteacher whose proud daughter said that when he heard gunfire, he ran toward it.

Authorities were prepared for the day, as two “Hampton Beach Takeover” events and several school skip days had been advertised on social media, Hampton Police Chief Alexander Reno told Boston.com in a statement. These “takeover” events typically “devolve into drinking, fighting, disorderly, and generally unsafe behavior,” he said. Authorities had already organized a crowd control response team, as several thousands of visitors were enjoying the beach, according to Reno.

Police said the shooting at the mosque was preceded by a call by the mother of one of the shooters to police in the morning saying that the boy had run away with her weapons and vehicle and that she feared he was suicidal. As police were searching for the boy, additionally alarmed by information that he was dressed in camouflage and had a companion, reports arrived of a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, some 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the city center.

Upon arriving at the compound, police encountered three dead adults, the presumed victims. One was a security guard, who police credited with stopping the shooting from being much worse. Nearby, after receiving calls about shots fired at a landscaper in the area, police found two male teenagers, aged 17 and 19, in a car, dead of apparent gunshot wounds. Police described the teens as the "subjects" who likely carried out the mosque shooting.

Heidi Alexander stated that Zack Polanski's retweeting of a post suggesting police used excessive force was disgusting and absolutely abhorrent, indicating he is unfit to lead a political party.

"There has been a knife attack today in Golders Green. The suspect has been arrested."

"It's a sad night for Paraguayan football," Cerro Porteño president Blas Reguera said. "We condemn all acts of violence, and after what happened we want to get to the bottom of the matter and find out what went wrong with security. We must permanently eradicate these kinds of incidents."

Earlier, counter-protesters had attempted to break police lines and attempted to throw punches. PAVA spray was deployed as a tactic instead of using further additional force.

This was a shocking knifepoint robbery which could have resulted in death or serious injury to the man Peebles assaulted. The man showed incredible bravery and quick thinking to defend himself, leave the shop and lower the shutters, trapping Peebles inside.

A passing motorist reported multiple vehicles disabled by the debris on the westbound side between exits 61 and 62 at around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to police. Highway patrol officers then closed the right lane and helped motorists with changing tires and contacting tow trucks.

Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe says she was "surprised and shocked" to learn that a Waterloo Regional Police Service sniper was deployed as part of law enforcement's efforts to manage an unsanctioned street party during St. Patrick's Day weekend in the city's university district.

I've heard questions like, 'Did you know how serious it was?' And I can tell you at the time, no, but it's the moments after, Edwards said. It might have been about maybe two hours after Sergeant Navarro and I were talking, and it really hits you, that this is, this is a lot more serious than we had even initially thought.

Officers and stewards were faced with extreme hostility and violence over a sustained period, with many individuals having armed themselves with items clearly intended to cause harm. Officers and members of the public have been injured in this despicable display and I want to express my thanks to all officers and staff deployed.

Officers and stewards were faced with extreme hostility and violence over a sustained period, with many individuals having armed themselves with items clearly intended to cause harm. Officers and members of the public have been injured in this despicable display and I want to express my thanks to all officers and staff deployed.

Toronto police are investigating the shooting at a synagogue near Bathurst St. and Glencairn Ave. shortly after midnight. Officers discovered bullet holes in the front door of a building, but no injuries were reported, said police on social media.

I'm here heart and soul in solidarity with the Palestinians, with the Iranians, with the Lebanese, with the Yemini-all the people of the region the U.S. is making war on. We want to show real solidarity with Iran. This is a moment of real pain there.

A man driving an SUV drove near the bar, put the vehicle's flashers on, pulled down his window and began shooting with a pistol, striking patrons on the bar patio and in front of the bar. The suspect then parked the vehicle, got out of his car armed with a rifle, and began shooting at people who passed by.