Two accused in the Bahraich murder case were shot by police on Thursday during an attempted escape near the India-Nepal border. The incident sparked a political controversy, with opposition leaders criticizing the encounter and calling for a thorough investigation. The accused, who were being taken for weapons recovery, sustained leg injuries and are currently receiving treatment.
The death of Akshay Shinde, accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case, has sparked controversy. Shinde was shot by police during an investigation, leading to allegations of an extrajudicial killing. The Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department (CID) will now investigate the incident, amidst calls for transparency and accountability. Shinde’s family disputes the police’s claim of self-defense and questions the circumstances surrounding his death.
A 13-year-old boy, Nyah Mway, was fatally shot by a Utica police officer after running from officers who were investigating an armed robbery. The incident has sparked outrage, with police releasing body camera footage showing the officer firing a single shot at the teen while he was on the ground. The police initially believed Mway was holding a handgun, but it was later determined to be a replica Glock 17. The shooting has prompted an internal investigation by the police department, and the state attorney general is also investigating the incident.
Alberta’s police watchdog has ruled that two Edmonton Police Service officers were justified in shooting and killing a man in 2020 while responding to a gun complaint. The officers, who responded to multiple reports of a man with a shotgun, found him sitting in a lawn chair with the weapon. Despite repeated commands to drop the gun, the man raised the firearm towards the officers, leading to the fatal shooting. The watchdog found that the officers’ use of force was proportionate, necessary, and reasonable under the circumstances.
A trainee security guard at an Amazon warehouse in Ohio has been fatally shot by police after he attempted to shoot his supervisor and later shot an officer wearing a bulletproof vest. The shooting occurred on Sunday around 4:40 p.m. at the warehouse in West Jefferson, according to authorities. The 22-year-old suspect, Ali Hamsa Yusuf, fired a shot at close range at his supervisor’s head, but narrowly missed. Yusuf then fled the scene, leaving over 100 employees unharmed. He later targeted a Columbus police officer, hitting the officer’s bulletproof vest with a bullet. Yusuf was shot and killed by law enforcement officers. Amazon has confirmed that Yusuf was a contract employee assigned to the warehouse by a third-party partner and has expressed gratitude that no employees were injured during the incident.
The family of Steven Nguyen is deeply disappointed following the release of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) report on the fatal police shooting of their loved one in June 2021. ASIRT determined that there are reasonable grounds to believe an offense was committed, but charges will not be laid against the officer involved.
Body camera footage released shows the moment police shot dead 19-year-old Win Rozario in his home. The officers responded to a 911 call about a man experiencing a mental health crisis. Rozario’s family has accused the officers of killing him in cold blood.
Prosecutors in Colorado are seeking a murder conviction for former sheriff’s deputy Andrew Buen, who shot and killed Christian Glass, a 22-year-old man experiencing a mental health crisis, in 2022. The prosecution argues that Buen escalated the confrontation unnecessarily and lacked legal justification for using deadly force. The defense maintains that Buen fired to protect another officer from Glass’s knife. The case has highlighted the need for police reforms focused on crisis intervention and has raised questions about the appropriate use of force by law enforcement.
A Connecticut Office of Inspector General report concluded that Trooper Romello Lumpkin was justified in shooting Byron Harvey, who was armed with a knife and advanced toward police while being evicted. Harvey stated he intended to harm at least one trooper and commit suicide by cop. The report found that Lumpkin acted reasonably in using deadly force to stop an imminent threat.
The family of Dexter Reed has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Chicago and five officers involved in the fatal police shooting that left Reed dead. The lawsuit alleges that the officers violated Reed’s Fourth Amendment rights, used excessive force, and denied him medical care. The family is seeking damages for Reed’s wrongful death and other related injuries.
