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St. Louis police investigating threats against Avalanche player after ethnic slurs
ST. LOUIS — Local police launched a criminal investigation into threats against the Colorado Avalanche's Nazem Kadri over the weekend but refused Monday to provide details about the incident. The Blues also declined to comment on the matter. Players for St. Louis and Colorado said before Monday's game at the Enterprise Center that the threats were "unfortunate" and "sad." Kadri drew the ire of St. Louis fans Saturday after he collided with Blues goalie Jordan Binnington less than seven minutes into Colorado's 5-2 victory. Binnington left the game with a lower-body injury and did not return. Th...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Off-duty sheriff injures man who shot at him at Millennium Park, police say
CHICAGO — An off-duty Cook County Sheriff working security at Millennium Park shot a man after the man fired a gun Friday evening, Chicago police said. Around 7:20 p.m., a man in his early 20′s refused to be wanded at the entrance of Millennium Park, the Chicago Police Department said in a media notification. The man jumped a fence and as security approached him he turned and fired, police said. An off-duty Cook County Sheriff’s officer working security at the park returned fire and struck the man, police said. The man then ran toward the 300 block of East Riverwalk where he was taken into cus...
Chicago Tribune
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Black motorists more likely to be pulled over by NYPD, new city data show
NEW YORK — Black motorists are more likely to be pulled over by police than members of the city’s other racial groups, New York Police Department data released Friday show. During the first three months of 2022, NYPD officers stopped 51,373 Black motorists — accounting for 29% of all the vehicle stops made in the five boroughs, the data shows. That 29% pullover rate for black motorists contrasts with city government data that show Blacks make up about 20% of the city’s population. Whites and Latinos were proportionally less likely to be stopped, the data show. Whites accounted for about 25% of...
New York Daily News
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Hospital emergency worker shot and wounded on Staten Island
NEW YORK — A drunken patient shot an emergency medical technician in the back Wednesday night inside an ambulance headed to a Staten Island hospital, police sources said. The EMT, who is in his 30s, was shot in West Brighton just after 7:55 p.m., police and FDNY sources said. The ambulance had just picked up an unconscious drunken man at a bar, said the sources. The EMT was working on the patient as the ambulance headed toward the hospital when the patient suddenly came to, pulled a gun and opened fire, sources said. The EMT was hit in the back near the left shoulder, sources said. The shooter...
New York Daily News
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4 Florida men charged with conspiracy to commit crimes dressed as police officers, DOJ says
ORLANDO, Fla. — Four Florida men face life in prison after authorities arrested them for committing crimes dressed as police officers. Officials charged Reginald Roberts, 22, of Lakeland; Nathaniel Carr, 28, of Lakeland; Daniel Jackson, 29, of Winter Haven; and Chrishawn Butler, 22, of Bartow, on May 13, according to the Department of Justice. Court records said the men brandished and discharged firearms while committing violent crimes. Between December 2020 and April 2021, all four men conspired to rob illegal drug dealers. At least five instances took place in Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk and L...
Orlando Sentinel
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San Diego nets first conviction under new ghost guns ordinance
SAN DIEGO — San Diego recently netted its first conviction under the city’s ordinance barring anyone from having ghost guns, the City Attorney’s Office said Friday. A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty last month to three misdemeanor charges linked to a December incident in which he tossed the gun as he ran from police, the office said in a news release. His arrest happened two months after an ordinance banning possession of the non-serialized guns went into effect. Ghosts guns are do-it-yourself firearms assembled by hand from parts that often come in prepackaged kits. Because the parts — like an...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
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NYPD cops shoot, wound man with machete threatening driver over Brooklyn parking spot, officer cut in hand
NEW YORK — NYPD cops shot and wounded a machete-wielding man threatening a motorist over a parking spot in Coney Island, police said. An officer suffered a deep cut to his thumb during the fierce exchange Thursday, which involved the suspect chasing the officer around a car outside the DMV on West Eighth Street near Sheepshead Bay Road in Coney Island, police sources said. Three officers were near the DMV, which is down the block from the 60th Precinct stationhouse, when they saw the suspect argue with a motorist over a parking spot the suspect felt he had dibs on. When the suspect pulled a la...
New York Daily News
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4 seriously injured during shooting in the Loop overnight, police investigating
CHICAGO — Four people, three in an SUV and a pedestrian crossing the street, were injured during a single shooting in the Loop around 1:35 a.m., according to Chicago police. The downtown shooting came on the heels of a particularly violent weekend, which led to the cancellation of a performance of the musical “Moulin Rouge,” drew the ire of Mayor Lori Lightfoot and has hoteliers and restaurateurs who rely on the area’s safety on edge. Chicago police were called to the 400 block of South Wells Street, near its intersection with West Van Buren Street, for a report of a shooting that injured four...
Chicago Tribune
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Grand Rapids police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya commended for foot chases
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Christopher Schurr earned commendations during his seven-year career as a Grand Rapids police officer, including being lauded several times for successful foot chases. Grand Rapids officials on Friday released portions of Schurr's personnel file following a public records request from The Detroit News. The records show Schurr received 14 commendations. But he also was the subject in at least two previous internal investigations, one sustained after he was found at fault in a traffic crash involving his scout car. Schurr, 31, is suspended pending the results of a Michigan ...
The Detroit News
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Grand Rapids police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya commended for foot chases
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Christopher Schurr has earned multiple commendations during his seven-year career as a Grand Rapids police officer, including being lauded several times for successful foot chases. Grand Rapids officials on Friday released portions of Schurr's personnel file following a public records request from The Detroit News. The records show Schurr received 14 commendations and was the subject of two internal investigations, one sustained after he was found at fault in a traffic crash involving his scout car. Schurr, 31, is suspended pending the results of a Michigan State Police i...
The Detroit News
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