Police Shooting

Sterling was wanted for shooting a Massachusetts State Trooper in the hand during a traffic stop.

Andre K. Sterling is considered armed and dangerous, Massachusetts State Police said.

New Bedford police in 2012 shot and killed a teenage boy after he allegedly stabbed an officer. Malcolm Gracia's family in 2015 filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

The prosecutor in Cleveland says a ``perfect storm of human error'' led to the death of Tamir Rice, a black youngster who was holding what turned out to be a pellet gun when he was shot by police. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty announced Monday that a grand jury has declined to indict a rookie Cleveland police officer or his partner for their roles in the November 2014 shooting... Read Mor

Mourners of a New York Police Department officer killed with his partner in an ambush shooting will gather at a Queens church for his wake.

President Barack Obama says his message to Ferguson, Missouri, as it awaits a grand jury's decision in this summer's fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man is to keep protests peaceful. Obama says everyone has the right to express their views and to peacefully assemble to protest actions they think are unjust...

The Missouri police officer involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager is a six-year veteran of the force.  Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson identified the officer as Darren Wilson at a news conference Friday.  Chief Jackson said the officer encountered 18-year-old Michael Brown last weekend shortly after reports of a strong armed robbery in the area...