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Added on the 28/02/2016 12:04:01 - Copyright : Reuters EN
The girlfriend of 30-year-old Robert Howard reported him missing Wednesday night. He was later found to have been shot to death inside a vehicle. According to Newser, the grisly murder was made even more horrifying by the discovery of who the killer was. The suspect is an on-duty police officer in Memphis, Tennessee, and authorities say the vehicle was his own patrol car. Patric Ferguson, 29, faces first-degree murder and kidnapping charges, and he's been fired from the force. Ferguson confronted Howard outside a home, forced him into the back of the squad car, drove less than a half-mile away, and fatally shot him. Another man has been charged with helping Ferguson dispose of the body. Police say the remains were later discovered near a bridge.
A New York City police officer was fatally shot and another one wounded while investigating a report of a robbery in the Bronx before the shooter was killed in an exchange of gunfire, according to authorities and local media. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Police officers and civilians ran for cover as sniper fire rained down around the Dallas city center on Thursday. Police announced that a fifth officer had died after being fatally shot by so-far unidentified assailants. Sniper rounds ripped through the Dallas night during a protest against the recent fatal police killings of African Americans Alton Sterling and Philandro Castile. The assailants were apparently targeting police - 11 officers were shot, 5 fatally.
An Oologah, Oklahoma police officer crashed his cruiser after he was shot in the head during a police chase near the Oklahoma-Kansas border Thursday night.
Baltimore Police have declared reports of a man being shot at North and Pennsylvania Ave are “unfounded” after a Fox News report stating that a black man was shot by officers.