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A police shooting in Ludlow, Vermont Monday night has left a man with life-threatening injuries, according to state police. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. Monday on South Hill Road by an officer with the Ludlow Police Department, according to a news release from the Vermont State Police. A man was shot, resulting in life-threatening injuries. He was taken in…

Prosecutors in Essex County will not pursue criminal charges against the officer who shot and killed a woman last year in Saugus, the Essex District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday after completing an investigation into the incident. Stephanie Gerard, 38, of Saugus, was shot by police in August of 2021 after allegedly confronting officers with a knife. According to the Essex…

Police in Akron, Ohio released body camera footage showing officers fatally shoot Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, on June 27. Attorney Bernarda Villalona, who reviewed the footage, has questions about what the officers knew at the time they opened fire at Walker, who had at least 60 bullet wounds. She joined LX News host Eric Alvarez to discuss...

A federal jury has awarded $21 million to the family of a pregnant teen who was shot and killed by undercover police officers in Northern California five years ago.

An investigation is underway after police shot and killed a man in Manchester, New Hampshire, early Sunday morning. Shortly after midnight, police received a call about a man attacking his partner behind a Rite Aid Pharmacy on Mammoth Road. Authorities said that when police arrived, a woman was walking away from a gray Toyota RAV4, obviously injured. When police confronted…

A man who was fatally shot by a police officer near the New Boston Space Force Station late Friday night has been identified. Michael Foley, 33, of Massachusetts, was shot and killed around 11:30 p.m., the attorney general’s office said Monday. No last known address was given. Foley died of a single gunshot wound, according to an autopsy. His manner…

Authorities have only said a 33-year-old Massachusetts man was killed in a police shooting Friday in New Boston, New Hampshire; his name is being withheld at this time.

Authorities say it was a Massachusetts man who was killed Friday in a police shooting in New Boston, New Hampshire. New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella and New Hampshire State Police Colonel Nathan Noyes announced additional information Sunday regarding the police shooting that took place Friday afternoon on an access road to the New Boston Space Force Station, located…

A police shooting overnight involving a state trooper is under investigation in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. An area of North Main Street near East School Street has been blocked off by police, with multiple evidence markers visible. A nearby resident told WJAR-TV he heard gunshots, but thought at first that they were only fireworks being shot off. Police then surrounded the…

The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded Friday that authorities publicly identify the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and native of Congo who was fatally shot in the back of the head after a struggle.

The Grand Rapids Police Department released video from three different angles on Wednesday that show the moment an officer shot and killed 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya during a traffic stop.

A Michigan police officer struggling with a Black man over a Taser pulled out his gun and fatally shot him in the head while the 26-year-old was face down on the ground, according to videos of the April 4 confrontation released Wednesday.

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is investigating a police shooting that left a man dead in Derry, New Hampshire on Saturday.

One suspect was shot in the leg and taken to a local hospital with what’s considered a non-life threatening injury, Revere police said.

Christopher Tkal, 57, died at the scene Sunday, the attorney general said. The trooper who was involved in the shooting will be formally interviewed this week.

A New Hampshire man was shot and killed by state police this weekend after authorities responded to his Walpole home for a report of domestic violence, Attorney General John Formella announced Sunday. New Hampshire State Police troopers were the first to respond to the County Road home following the domestic violence call around 11:15 p.m. Saturday. According to the New…

A 35-year-old knife-wielding man was shot and killed by Lexington police earlier Saturday.

DA Marian Ryan was joined by several other officials, including Lexington Police Chief Michael McLean, when she spoke shortly before 6 p.m. and said police had fatally shot the 35-year-old man in Lexington.

The 35-year-old died from his injuries at a local hospital, according to the Middlesex District Attorney.