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5897 [ 1] Lauretha A. Vaird (August 4, 1952 – January 2, 1996) was a Philadelphia Police Department officer who was shot dead by the rapper Christopher Roney aka "Cool C" during a botched armed bank robbery in January 1996. Roney attempted to rob the bank with another rapper, Warren McGlone aka "Steady B", and another man, Mark Canty.
The first female U.S. police officer to be killed while on patrol duty. Officer Cobb was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a bank robbery suspect. [94] Patrolman John H. Combs: Parma, Idaho Police Department: September 22, 1969: Shot when investigating a parked vehicle two miles east. The occupants were suspects in an armed robbery ...
Uniformed police officer Jesse Hartnett was driving his marked Chevrolet Impala patrol car at about 11:40 p.m. at 60th Street and Spruce Street in West Philadelphia, when Archer, who had had no previous contact with the police on that particular evening, suddenly rushed toward the patrol car and fired 13 shots at Harnett, shoving his gun through the window to fire at point blank range.
Since records were first kept in 1828, at least 289 PPD officers have died in the line of duty. [5] The Philadelphia Police Department has a history of police brutality, intimidation, coercion, and disregard for constitutional rights, [6] [7] particularly during the tenure of Frank Rizzo as police commissioner (1967–1971) and mayor (1972–1980).
This is a list of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States.The listing documents the date the incident resulting in conviction occurred, the date the officer(s) was convicted, the name of the officer(s), and a brief description of the original occurrence making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or ...
A suicidal man allegedly brandished a handgun at officers, causing an officer to fire one round, fatally wounding the suspect. [ 6] 2024-01-30. Artell Cunningham (28) Black. New Carrollton, Maryland. Two officers shot and killed a man suspected of multiple carjackings and two homicides. [ 7][ 8] 2024-01-29.
9 February 1939. Died as a result of injuries received in 1938 when he attempted to stop a car. Walter Charles Billett. WRC. 61. Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) 5 July 1940. Killed in a fall from his bicycle while reporting for duty in the blackout. Cecil Robert Budden.
The victims were the first Pittsburgh city officers killed in the line of duty in 18 years. [5] The incident was the third-deadliest attack on U.S. law enforcement since the September 11 attacks, following a 2016 mass shooting in Dallas, Texas; [6] [7] and a pair of related shootings two weeks earlier in Oakland, California. [8] [9]