DALLAS (AP) – The gunman who killed five police officers at a protest march had practiced military-style drills in his yard and trained at a private self-defense school that teaches special tactics, including “shooting on the move,” a maneuver in which an attacker fires and changes position before firing again. Micah Johnson, an Army veteran,…
Ballwin, MO (KTRS) The Ballwin Police Department has released the identity of the officer who was shot during a traffic stop on Friday. The injured officer has been identified as 31-year-old Mike Flamion. He joined the Ballwin Police Department in 2014. Flamion previously served as an officer with the DeSoto Police Department for 7 years.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office says the officer who was critically wounded during a traffic stop is white. St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch on Friday charged 31-year-old Antonio Taylor with three felonies, including assault and weapons charges. He concurred with the police assessment that the shooting was an ambush.…
Officer is in surgery and the suspect is in custody
The president of the NAACP is calling for policies, not handwringing
DALLAS (AP) – Dallas police say three people are in custody in the shootings of 11 officers. Four officers were killed. Police Chief David Brown says a fourth person is in a parking garage, exchanging gunfire with officers. He says the three in custody are not cooperating with police. Brown says the snipers fired from elevated…
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he doesn’t think a police officer would have shot and killed a driver who apparently was pulled over for a broken taillight if the driver had been white instead of black. Dayton said Thursday at a news conference in St. Paul that he thinks the police…
Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice faces manslaughter, assault and other charges stemming from the death of Freddie Gray
(KTRS) – St. Louis Police hope that surveillance video can help identify the gunmen who killed two people and injured a third outside of a St. Louis market. The video shows two men with rifles getting out of a car at Moma Minnie’s convenience store and then they start shooting. Police say they found evidence…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis County man is jailed on $250,000 cash bond after being accused of wounding a police officer during a weekend shootout that also left the man injured. Twenty-four-year-old Jared Williams of Velda City was charged Sunday with first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, armed criminal action, first-degree child…