police-involved shooting

A suspect is dead after a traffic stop in New Rochelle turned into a confrontation with a gun, police there said early Saturday morning. Officers stopped a car near Potter Avenue and Pierce Street just before 11 p.m. Friday for what the police later described in a statement as multiple traffic and vehicle violations. The police department says Kamal Flowers,…

Police used a Taser on the man before he allegedly pulled a gun on officers. Ken Buffa reports.

An investigation is underway into a police-involved shooting in the East Village Thursday morning. According to the NYPD, a man who had a knife threatened officer and was shot by officers outside a deli. Katherine Creag reports.

Police in Brooklyn shot a gunman after they responded to reports of a shooting and found another man with a gunshot wound, a senior NYPD official said. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

In a story published on May 29, 2020, The Associated Press erroneously reported the wrong pronoun in one instance for a transgender black man who was fatally shot by police

The incident started as a carjacking in Nassau County, and ended with a car crash in Cambria Heights as the driver appeared to attempt running over a plainclothes police officer. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

A Prince George’s County police officer who shot and killed a suspect who was handcuffed and wearing a seat belt inside a police cruiser Monday night in Maryland is in custody and facing charges, police said. Cpl. Michael Owen Jr., a 10-year veteran of the department, is charged with second-degree murder, involuntary and voluntary manslaughter, first-degree assault and use...

A wild shootout broke out after a police chase ended in a neighborhood in Bloomingdale. The incident stemmed from an alleged shoplifting at a Home Depot. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

A police-involved shooting left a man dead following a high-speed car chase in a residential New Jersey neighborhood Thursday morning — with neighbors in the community shaken. The incident took place around 10 a.m. in Bloomingdale, stemming from a shoplifting incident at a Home Depot in Riverdale, sources tell NBC New York. The pursuit took over the streets of quiet…

Ithaca police say a person was shot dead in the lobby of police headquarters after an officer was attacked early Saturday. The attacker was armed with a large knife, the Ithaca Police Department said in a release. The officer is being treated at a hospital for minor injuries. No other details have been released as police continue to investigate. Police…

Suffolk County police shot and killed an armed man near an LIRR station in Brentwood late Thursday. Officers were patrolling the area when they stopped a car in the parking lot of Brentwood LIRR station around 10:20 p.m. The driver grabbed a backpack and then ran away from officers towards 908 Suffolk Avenue, according to SCPD. The officers attempted to…

An armed man was shot and killed by Suffolk County police late Thursday after he ran away from them following a traffic stop. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Two police officers shot a suspect after he pointed what turned out to be a fake gun at them early Saturday morning, the NYPD said.  The male suspect allegedly pointed the fake gun at someone walking along East 167th Street, near Grant Avenue in the Bronx, around 12:40 a.m., NYPD Chief of Patrol Fausto Pichardo said at a news...

Two police officers shot a suspect after he pointed what turned out to be a fake gun at them early Saturday morning, the NYPD said. Ken Buffa reports.

Two police officers shot a suspect after he pointed what turned out to be a fake gun at them early Saturday morning, the NYPD said. Ken Buffa reports.

Police in New Jersey say they shot and killed a man on Sunday night following an incident in a residential area of Secaucus.

A police officer shot and killed a scythe-wielding man in New Jersey on Friday, the state attorney general’s office said.

A New Jersey police officer fatally shot a man after responding to a report that he had a knife, the state attorney general’s office said.

Two police officers shot a man in Brooklyn after he got out of his car and pointed what they later discovered was a pellet gun at them, the NYPD said.

Officers shot a man in Brooklyn after he got out of his car and pointed what they later discovered was a pellet gun at them, the NYPD says. Ida Siegal reports.