NYPD shooting

NEW YORK (AP) — Police seeking to quell simmering anger over their shooting of a mentally disturbed black man on a New York City street released a montage of security videos Thursday that showed him minutes earlier thrusting a metal object that looked like a gun into the faces of several people — including a […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer died after being shot in the head in a gun battle while pursuing a suspect following a report of shots fired, police said. “He is the fourth New York City police officer murdered in this city in the last 11 months,” Police Commissioner William Bratton […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Two suspects were being questioned Tuesday about the shootings of two plainclothes police officers responding to a grocery store robbery. One of the suspects was seen on a surveillance video from the crime scene in the Bronx, police said. No charges have been filed. Both officers are listed in stable condition. […]

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — The ex-girlfriend of the man who ambushed two NYPD officers screamed for help after she was shot, banged on a neighbor’s door and said: “I can’t die like this, please please help me,” according to the neighbor who said she saw the woman and called for help. Yevette Seay told The […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stunned relatives of an unarmed man killed by a rookie police officer in a dark public housing stairwell looked on as the Rev. Al Sharpton and public officials demanded a full investigation Saturday into what law enforcement officials have termed an apparent accident. “We’re not demonizing the police,” Sharpton said, but […]