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#officer-involved-shooting

Corporal Jarvis' deployment of the less-lethal bean bag shotgun at that distance was in accordance with his training and reasonable under the circumstances. Less-lethal munitions such as beanbag rounds are designed to spread the force of impact over a larger area, without penetrating the skin, offering officers an alternative to bullets when defending against threats.

FREMONT - A police officer who shot a man suspected to be involved in a series of automobile and residential burglaries unintentionally fired his weapon after being bitten by a police dog, police said. The shooting happened last Saturda y about 9:45 p.m. in the area of Blacow Road and Mattos Court. In a statement released Thursday night, Fremont police identified the officer as Sgt. James Taylor, a 17-year veteran of the Fremont Police Dept. He has been a sergeant there for about five years.

An SFPD officer assigned to Oakland was nearly killed on the job Tuesday, in an eventful car chase that featured a murder attempt, a wrong-way chase on I-580, and Oakland Police opening fire for reasons even they can't explain. A San Francisco Police Department officer can occasionally be assigned to work in Oakland. One SFPD officer had such duty Tuesday, with SFPD's Community Violence Reduction Team.

A 25-year-old man was charged with attempting to murder a San Francisco officer by striking him with a car during a hectic incident where an Oakland officer fired his gun into the ground, according to court records. Joseph Willis was charged with attempted murder, three counts of assault upon a police officer with a deadly weapon, attempted carjacking, and illegally possessing a gun and ammunition. The attempted murder charge, which carries a potential life sentence, requires prosecutors to prove he intended to kill the officer.

The incident, the third shooting involving Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis this year, occurred shortly after 9 a.m. Central Time on the city's South Side when federal law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation against a man the Department of Homeland Security said was undocumented and armed, and wanted for "violent assault." Another individual approached the federal agents with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, DHS said.

The dramatic sequence, with a flood of police vehicles and armed officers moving through afternoon traffic at Notre Dame Avenue and West Julian Street, unfolded in the shadow of Highway 87. It drew even more attention after several eyewitness videos captured footage of the man, on the ground prone after presumably being shot, being run over by a trailing police SUV and the sound of several more gunshots as he lay splayed on the pavement.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, authorities said. The FBI's Portland office said it was investigating an agent involved shooting that happened around 2:15 p.m. involving Customs and Border Patrol Agents in which 2 individuals were wounded. The Portland Police Bureau said its officers responded and found a man and woman with apparent gunshot wounds. They were transported to a hospital and their conditions are unknown, the bureau said in a statement.

Viral video footage shows a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer lethally shooting Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis woman, on Wednesday morning as she tried to drive her car away from ICE agents telling her to "open the f**king" car door so they can apprehend her. Good, who was married to a woman, ended up crashing her car into an electric pole and other cars. She was later transported from the scene of the shooting and died in the hospital.

In the days since an off-duty U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a man who federal officials said was firing a weapon in a Northridge apartment complex, Los Angeles police officials have offered few details about the events leading up to the deadly New Year's Eve encounter. Deputy LAPD Chief Alan Hamilton said the incident is being investigated by the Robbery-Homicide Division, which handles all shootings by officers from outside law enforcement agencies. On the federal side, he said, the case is being handled by the FBI, the U.S. Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations.

A man fleeing a Sacramento-area home where a child had been killed was fatally shot Tuesday by a California Highway Patrol officer. The man was identified as Marvin Morales, 40 the child's father and a former Sacramento County sheriff's deputy. According to police in Elk Grove, a woman called them just after 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, to say she was worried about the safety of her two children, who were at home with their father.

His intention was, I'm going to follow this officer's instruction. I am going to get out of there,' said Greg Jackson, a partner in the Simon Law Group, which is preparing a claim against federal authorities on behalf of Jimenez as a required precursor to a lawsuit. I think they did not follow proper protocol for a person who is not a threat.

An officer was speaking to the three occupants of the Honda on the car's driver's side when Jimenez pulled up in his Lexus RX350, also on the driver's side where the officer was, the complaint states. That's when Jimenez engaged in a verbal altercation with the officers at the vehicle stop, and another officer approached with his firearm and told Jimenez to leave, before holstering his firearm and taking out his pepper spray, according to the complaint.

FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. -- A suspect is dead after allegedly dragging an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with his vehicle in the west Chicago suburb of Franklin Park on Friday, ICE said in a statement. ICE said its officers were conducting "targeted law enforcement activity," and during a vehicle stop, a suspect resisted and tried to drive his vehicle into the arrest team.

32-year-old Jasmine Gao became the victim of an officer-involved shooting 0n November 19, 2024 in the parking lot of Union City Station, and the earliest reports about the incident were confusing. BART said that Gao had assaulted a BART police officer, but a subsequent release of bodyworn camera footage from the incident showed that no assault occurred. A BART police officer, Nicholas Poblete, claimed that he was dragged by Gao's vehicle when she attempted to drive away.

The Santa Clara Police Department received a 911 call reporting a "disturbance between two roommates" out of four people living at the 1800 block of Eisenhower Drive just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Santa Clara Police Chief Cory Morgan said in a press conference Friday. On the way to the address, officers were told that the situation had become a stabbing. Officer Robert Allsup arrived and identified himself, then kicked down the door after hearing "a loud commotion inside," according to Morgan.

Around 6:18 a.m., police say officers responded to a stabbing victim off Eisenhower Drive. Police say when officers arrived, they encountered a suspect, and shot and killed them. Tey did not say why officers opened fire or if the suspect had a weapon. Police say the officer was not injured. Warren Parinas lives next door, he said he heard the gunshots.

A man contacted dispatch claiming masked men tried to pull him over, broke his car window and shot at him, asking for police assistance.

In May 2024, Remick was accused of using excessive force against a man filming a police chase, showing a pattern of alleged police misconduct.

At about 4:24 a.m., deputies responded to a call of shots fired in the 1500 block of Helen Drive, an unincorporated residential neighborhood in Los Angeles.