Police shooting

Police in Minneapolis on Thursday released body-camera video from a traffic stop one night earlier that ended with a man shot dead

New York City saw a spike in killings and violence throughout 2020 and up until the very last week of the year when police officers discharged their firearms four times in separate incidents. The latest shooting occurred after a police officer was struck by a black Acura MDX in Ocean Hill section of Brooklyn following a traffic stop around 11…

NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.

Authorities in Columbus, Ohio, have released police body camera footage showing the moments when an officer on a nonemergency call fatally shot a Black man who was holding a cellphone as he emerged from a garage.

NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

Footage of Walter Wallace Jr.’s death shows Philadelphia Police officers telling him to drop a knife before firing their guns.

The shooting of a Black man by Washington state authorities threatens to increase tensions around Portland, Oregon, where protesters against racial injustice have clashed repeatedly with right-wing groups in recent months

Wallace’s family and their attorney said they want to see all Philadelphia Police officers equipped with Tasers.

A viral video captured a chaotic scene in West Philadelphia as a man, who investigators say was armed with a knife, approached police while his mother tried desperately to stop him moments before the officers opened fire and killed him.

A man wanted in a shooting incident last month was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with officers on a New York City street, police said Thursday. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that no charges could be filed against the two detectives who fired shots that hit Breonna Taylor because the detectives’ use of force was authorized after they were fired upon first.

Police in Pennsylvania have deployed tear gas on a crowd of people protesting early Monday after an officer shot and killed a man while responding to a domestic disturbance call.

Jersey City police opened fire at a man armed with a gun on Tuesday night, police said. An officer and the suspect were injured. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Demonstrators protesting the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay Wednesday got face-to-face with police outside the 7th District station Saturday night.

Officials say a police officer in New York’s Hudson Valley region was shot and wounded while responding to a domestic dispute and then returned fire and shot the gunman.

The Jets will not be practicing, joining other major sports teams in boycotting following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Myles Miller reports.

Three of Jacob Blake’s five sisters spoke at a press conference in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday to call for justice in their brother’s shooting. Police officers shot Blake seven times in front of his children on Sunday, possibly leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, according to family lawyers.

LA Clippers coach Doc Rivers was emotional while discussing the Aug. 23 shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which has sparked national outrage and some violent protests. “All you hear is Donald Trump and all of them talking about fear,” Rivers said Tuesday following the Clippers’ win over the Dallas Mavericks. “We’re the ones getting killed. We’re...

Julia Jackson, mother of police shooting victim Jacob Blake, spoke at a press conference on Tuesday calling for demonstrators to protest peacefully, saying, “It doesn’t reflect my son or my family. If Jacob knew what was going on as far as that goes, the violence and the destruction, he would be very unpleased.”

Jacob Blake, Sr., father of Jacob Blake, who was shot by police, spoke at a press conference in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, saying, “They shot my son seven times. Seven times. Like he didn’t matter. But my son matters.” Blake was left paralyzed from the waist down after officers shot him in the back in front of his children on...