Monthly Archives: July 2012
In a non-residential area, Denver police shoot and kill victim inside a cop car
“A suspect was killed Tuesday in an officer-involved shooting in Denver. Denver Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said an officer was taking a suspect in a drugs and weapons arrest to a station when the suspect somehow managed to try to overthrow the officer. After a struggle, the marked patrol car came to a stop and […]
Man shot and killed by police in Colton, CA; dog also injured
“A police chase involving a man in a stolen vehicle ended in a fatal officer-involved shooting in Highland today. A Colton police officer tried to pull over the driver near the intersection of Ninth and G streets at 11:13 a.m., said police Detective Ray Mendez. The driver fled and police chased him to the 6900 […]
Very little information available on shooting by police in Paris, Kentucky (7/30)
“Police were on the scene Monday afternoon of an officer-involved shooting at a Bourbon County home. The shooting happened at about 1:30 p.m. at a home on Hanson Street in Paris. So far, there are not many details available, but both Paris Police and Kentucky State Police were on the scene. LEX 18 has a […]
Video update – Witnesses say Gregory Martinez Hughes first accidentally shot himself before Tupelo police suddenly opened fire killing him
“However, not everybody agrees with that, including Hughes’ cousin Jermaine Brownlee. He said he saw what happened. “[Hughes] tried to put his gun up. By him trying to put his gun up, he shot himself in the leg. When the police heard the shot, the police got out of the car and ran around the […]
29-year old Man shot by police in Joilet, Illinois
“A 29-year-old Crest Hill man remained hospitalized this morning after being shot Sunday morning by police responding to a domestic violence call on Joliet’s East Side. Joliet police responding to a 7:27 a.m. domestic disturbance on the 500 block of Second Avenue said the man was leaving through the rear door of the residence when […]
Gregory Martinez Hughes, 22 shot and killed by Mississippi cops in Tupelo
“Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Ray Hall said that after 9 a.m. Monday two officers arrived on the scene because shots had been fired. He said it is not known at this time what happened, but a suspect was fatally shot by an officer. A woman identifying herself as the dead person’s great aunt Janice Banks […]
Update: Names released in Glendale shooting – Cop Justin Penrose shot and killed Kenneth Girardot, 38
“As the backup officer was arriving on scene, the driver reportedly put the stolen vehicle in gear and began trying to go forward and backward to get out of the parking space. Penrose began yelling at the driver in an attempt to get him to stop the car, police said. The driver began driving the […]
Everywhere, there are more cops shooting more people
In July 2012, with more than half the year over, police departments around the nation suddenly realized that their cops were shooting people at alarming and in many cases unprecedented rates. Here is a collection of articles about police departments trying to make sense of the carnage they have inflicted in the year 2012 in […]
Update: Man killed by Portland cop Justin Clary identified as Billy Simms, 28
“Police have identified the man killed by a Portland police officer Saturday afternoon as 28-year-old Billy Wayne Simms. Police said an officer opened fire during a high risk stop in the parking lot of a 7-11 and Shell gas station on North Columbia Way and North Fessenden. Lt. Robert King, spokesman for the Portland Police […]
Cops Shooting People 