Sign up: AU Breaking News email Freeman has a history of run-ins with law enforcement and has shared in the past some forms of pseudo-legal beliefs, where adherents make arguments that deny the authority of the state. Police confirmed on Friday that Freeman's gun licence remained revoked at the time he allegedly killed two officers and injured another at his high country property on Tuesday.
The Contra Costa District Attorney's Office has concluded Concord police officers were justified in fatally shooting a man who was stabbing his father, officials announced Friday. The finding that officers acted in self defense and in the self defense of others was the result of multiple interviews and a review of officers' body camera recordings and means the five officers involved will not face any criminal charges.
Three sources have confirmed to Guardian Australia that two officers have been killed and another wounded in the shooting at Porepunkah. None were authorised to comment on the incident and only one had been directly briefed on the incident by police. Victoria police has declined to comment on the active incident until it is operationally safe to do so.
In December 2022, Oliver was walking down the street in the early morning when Thomas approached him in an unmarked vehicle three separate times, according to the evidence in the case. Oliver testified that Thomas made sexual advances toward him, which Oliver rejected. Upon being approached a third time, Oliver shot into Thomas's vehicle, killing him. Oliver, who said he had feared for his safety, then fled the scene. Prosecutors insisted that his actions constituted murder.
Brian Joseph Montana, 60, died during a violent confrontation with police after threatening and shooting at his neighbors over lawn trimmings, resulting in a gunbattle.
"At the end of the day, my brother is still not here. Tyrell Wilson is still not here. The lives he took are still not here. He should do his parole the whole time; he was convicted," Jennifer Leong, Arboleda's sister, told KQED.
Byrd, 40, was identified by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as the parole agent shot and killed inside the Oakland parole unit on Thursday afternoon at about 12:50 p.m.
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services officer was struck by a suspect in an off-road vehicle while attempting to detain him in Alviso. The officer fired a shot at the fleeing suspect's vehicle, but it’s unconfirmed if the bullet struck the subject. The injured officer was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was released on Sunday. The suspect remains unidentified and at large.