Associated Press SANTA MARIA, Calif. — When a police officer dies on the job, a department and a community mourn together. But not this week in Santa Maria, where they are too stunned and outraged. Officer Alberto Covarrubias Jr. was shot and killed early Saturday at the end of his…
2 Tenn. officers involved in fatal shooting at Walmart
By Hayes Hickman Knoxville News-Sentinel KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A suspected shoplifter was fatally shot by police when he allegedly pulled a handgun on an officer inside a Walmart in South Knoxville on Tuesday night. The two Knoxville Police Department officers involved had responded at approximately 6:42 p.m. to an initial…
Morning Security Brief: Shooting at the White House, Alarm Fatigue, and the 2012 Olympics
11/16/2011 – ?U.S. Secret Service officials have confirmed that at least two bullets were fired at the White House on Friday night. One bullet hit the White House but was stopped by ballistic glass. Another was found on the White House grounds. The police responded to a call of…
8 killed in Southern California salon shooting
SEAL BEACH, Calif. – A gunman opened fire Wednesday in a busy hair salon, killing eight people and critically wounding another while leaving bodies scattered throughout the business in a normally sedate Southern California beach community. View full post on obama hacking government – Yahoo! News Search Results View full…
Sheriff: Gun in IHOP shooting illegally altered
Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. — Authorities have identified the weapon used in a deadly rampage at a Nevada IHOP restaurant as a legal, Chinese-made version of an AK-47 that was professionally altered to work as an illegal automatic weapon. Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong said Wednesday the shooter’s mental…
Colo. police chief orders new training after shooting
By Deb Stanley The Denver Channel AURORA, Colo. — After an officer-involving shooting in Aurora this week that left one man dead, the police chief has ordered all officers and commanders to undergo training on the use of force in November and December. Jarome Lee Blackmon, 21, was shot and…