A Brackenridge police officer was shot and killed and another officer was wounded Monday, police said. The suspect was shot and killed by police later in the night, police said.
Allegheny County Police Superintendent Christopher Kearns said Monday night that police encountered a wanted suspect, identified as 28-year-old Aaron Lamont Swan, and engaged in a foot chase that lasted several hours. There were two shooting incidents several blocks apart.
In one, an officer was shot in the head and killed, Kearns said. The deceased officer has not been publicly identified, but sources identified him to CBS Pittsburgh as Brackenridge police chief Justin McIntire, who had been chief since 2018.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro tweeted, “Police Chief Justin McIntire ran towards danger to keep Pennsylvanians safe — and he made the ultimate sacrifice in service to community.”
Today’s tragedy in Brackenridge is a devastating reminder of the bravery of those who put their lives on the line every day to protect us.
Police Chief Justin McIntire ran towards danger to keep Pennsylvanians safe — and he made the ultimate sacrifice in service to community.
— Josh Shapiro (@JoshShapiroPA) January 3, 2023
Another officer was then shot in the leg in the second incident. That officer was transported to a hospital and was in stable condition, Kearns said.
The suspect was wounded, but was able to flee after carjacking a vehicle, according to police. After police located the stolen car, the suspect led them on another chase. He crashed and then fled into a wooded area, police said. He then emerged from the woods into an open area in a housing development, where he fired at police officers, Kearns said Monday night. The officers returned fire, killing Swan, according to Kearns.
The people to whom the carjacked vehicle belonged were not harmed, police said.
Swan was originally wanted for an alleged weapons violation of his probation, and police had encountered him Sunday night, but he was able to evade them following a chase.
Brackenridge is located in Alleghany County, a few miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) — Community members and fellow law enforcement colleagues are mourning the loss of Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Isaiah Cordero, who was killed in the line of duty.
Loved ones brought flowers and candles in Cordero’s memory to a growing memorial for the beloved deputy at the Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station on Friday – many giving each other hugs as they shed tears.
Area resident Alicia Caloca remembered Cordero as a joyful person, who always smiled and looked happy.
The beloved deputy, 32, was shot and killed Thursday in the line of duty during a traffic stop. He had pulled over a pickup truck just before 2 p.m. in Jurupa Valley. As he approached the vehicle, the driver pulled a gun and shot him, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said at a Thursday evening news conference.
A witness called 911 and residents tried to help Cordero until paramedics arrived but he was pronounced dead at a hospital.
A massive manhunt then began for the shooter, who spotted in San Bernardino County, sparking a chase on freeways through both counties. A spike strip disabled two rear wheels but the truck kept going, the sheriff said.
News video showed dozens of California Highway Patrol and Sheriff’s Department vehicles, including an armored SWAT vehicle, chasing the truck.
On the 15 Freeway in Norco, the truck finally became disabled, losing an axle, and crashed, Bianco said.
“At the conclusion of the pursuit, the suspect fired rounds at deputies” with a handgun and they shot back, killing him, Bianco said.
The suspect, William Shae McKay, 44, of San Bernardino County, had a long and violent criminal history stretching back to before 2000 that included kidnapping, robbery and multiple arrests for assault with a deadly weapon, including a 2021 police chase in which a California Highway Patrol dog was stabbed, allegedly by an accomplice of McKay, the sheriff said.
William Shae McKay, 44, of San Bernardino County, is seen in a previous booking photo released by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
According to Bianco, McKay had been convicted of a “third strike” offense last year that should have put him in state prison for 25 years to life, but a San Bernardino County judge lowered his bail, allowing his release, and later released him following an arrest for failing to appear at his sentencing.
“He should have been immediately sentenced to 25 years to life,” Bianco said. “We would not be here today if the judge had done her job.” Bianco said.
Caloca, who brought flowers Friday morning to the Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station to honor Cordero, believes the deputy’s death did not have to happen.
“This could have been prevented. It just kind of makes you more angry and a little bit more upset about how the system can be,” she said.
El Monte police officers delivered breakfast to the Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station. They understand this community’s pain.
“I felt like my heart dropped,” said Ruben Quintana with El Monte Police.
Back in June, El Monte Police Sgt. Michael Paredes and Officer Joseph Santana were gunned down at a motel while a investigating a crime.
“My heart goes out to them. If I had a magic wand, I would wave it and rewind time. But unfortunately life doesn’t work that way. All I can do is offer my support in any way that I can,” Quintana said. “We grieve and mourn with them.”
Cordero was a motorcycle officer assigned to Jurupa Valley, a city that contracts with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department for policing services.
Cordero joined the 4,000-member strong department as a corrections deputy, worked in local jails, became a sworn deputy in 2018 and completed motor school to become a motorcycle deputy in September, Bianco said.
Cordero “learned from his mother the value of serving and helping others” and his goal at the department was always to become a motor deputy, Bianco said.
“He was naturally drawn to law enforcement and certainly embodied our motto of service above self,” Bianco said. “He was a jokester around the station and all of our deputies considered him their little brother.”
Several hours after the shooting, dozens of motorcycle officers and patrol cars escorted a hearse transporting the deputy’s flag-draped casket from the hospital to the county coroner’s office.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) — A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed by a career criminal while trying to make a traffic stop in Jurupa Valley on Thursday, officials said.
The suspect in the shooting was also dead, after a pursuit through Riverside County ended with gunshots on the 15 Freeway.
The deputy has been identified as Isaiah Cordero, 32, who had been with the department since 2014 but only completed his motorcycle enforcement training a few months ago.
“He was a jokester around the station,” Sheriff Chad Bianco said. “And all of our deputies considered him their little brother.”
Deputy Isaiah Cordero of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was shot and killed in the line of duty Dec. 29, 2022.
The Riverside Sheriff’s Association released a statement that read in part:
“We are devastated by the grief of losing Deputy Isaiah Cordero, a deputy who was a ray of sunshine in the Riverside Sheriff’s Department, a person who was dedicated to protecting others. Once again, we face a tragic reminder of the selflessness and unwavering courage required of peace officers and their families.”
“Deputy Cordero put on his uniform daily to make a difference in his community and keep families safe. Deputy Cordero’s death leaves a tremendous hole in the hearts of so many people who had the chance to know him personally. Today, Deputy Cordero made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty – a debt that can never be repaid. We must honor his memory and life of public service through our words and actions. Our heart goes out to his family, friends, and fellow deputies through this difficult time.”
After the shooting in the Rubidoux section of Jurupa Valley, the deputy was transported to Riverside Community Hospital, a spokesperson for the Riverside Fire Department said.
Dozens of law enforcement vehicles, many of them motorcycles, gathered outside the hospital to escort the slain deputy’s body in a procession to the coroner’s office in Perris.
Authorities were able to identify a suspect and pursued the individual in a pickup truck over several freeways in Riverside County. Video showed dozens of law enforcement vehicles following the pickup close behind as the truck fled at speeds around 45-50 mph.
The suspect fled over the 60 and 15 freeways and the chase came to an end near Norco under the 5th Street overpass on the southbound 15 Freeway.
Witnesses say at one point they saw the suspect apparently waving a gun at other vehicles during the chase.
At the end, the truck was on the shoulder of the freeway, pinned on the embankment by a law enforcement bearcat. The suspect was apparently killed after at least two shots were fired through the front windshield of the pickup truck.
How the shooting unfolded
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said the incident unfolded around 2 p.m. when Deputy Cordero – who had only completed motorcycle training in September – attempted to pull over a suspect on a traffic violation in Rubidoux on the 3900 block of Goldenwest Avenue.
As Cordero approached the vehicle, the suspect immediately opened fire, hitting the deputy, and fled.
A witness in the area called 911 and tried to assist the wounded deputy until help arrived. Although he was rushed to a nearby trauma center, it was clear the wounds were fatal and he was soon pronounced dead, Bianco said.
Cordero had joined the department in 2014, initially working as a correctional deputy. He began his basic academy training in early 2018 and was promoted to sworn deputy. He completed motor school in September of this year and was assigned to motor enforcement duty, which was his goal from the day he was hired, Bianco said.
What we know about the suspect
The suspect was identified as William Shae McKay, 44, whose last known address was in San Bernardino County.
Bianco described McKay as having an extensive criminal history dating back more than 20 years, including kidnapping, robbery, multiple assaults with a deadly weapon and involvement in one incident that resulted in the stabbing of a CHP K-9.
“This terrible tragedy should’ve been prevented by the legal system,” Bianco said.
For his latest offense, in 2021, Bianco said McKay should’ve been locked up for more than 25 years. Instead, he said, the judge lowered his bail, allowing him to be out on the street. He was arrested again for failing to appear at his sentencing.
He declined to identify the judge, but said: “We would not be here today if the judge had done her job.”
Two police officers were shot in Newark, New Jersey, Tuesday by a suspect armed with a long gun who fled to the top of a nearby building, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation and officials.
One officer was hit in the neck, the other in the leg, law enforcement sources said. As of 4 p.m., both are expected to survive their injuries.
The wounded cops had been serving a warrant at a home near Van Velsor Place and Chancellor Avenue in the state’s largest city around 2 p.m. when gunfire erupted from an elevated location, possibly a window or a roof, officials said.
At least two shots were fired from the suspect’s weapon, a high-ranking law enforcement source said.
The source said the suspect was not in custody but the situation was under control and there was no further threat to the community. That source said the neighborhood was locked down and the shooter was believed to be in a building within that zone. Law enforcement officers were said to have him surrounded inside the building.
SWAT vehicles and an army of law enforcement officers swarmed the scene, video shows. Drones and helicopters were deployed to assist from the air.
Federal investigators with the FBI and ATF confirmed they were sending resources to the scene as well.
A shooting in Newark — New Jersey’s largest city — by an individual with a long gun has left at least one police officer injured, according to a law enforcement source.
Gov. Phil Murphy tweeted that he was monitoring the situation.
“I am in touch with local authorities and the state is providing resources as requested,” the Democrat said. “We will continue to support local law enforcement and ensure that all residents are safe.”
Sources say they are looking for a single shooter.
A shooting in Newark — New Jersey’s largest city — by an individual with a long gun has left at least one police officer injured, according to a law enforcement source.
Neighbors describe the area as relatively quiet and said major crime was not common in that part of Newark.
Police in Akron, Ohio, have released heartbreaking body-camera footage showing the moment cops shot an unarmed 25-year-old Black man dozens of times as he fled.
“I won’t mince words, the video you are about to watch is heartbreaking,” Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan said at a press conference Sunday. “I am urging all of our residents to please reserve your full judgment until our investigation is complete.”
The body-cam videos shown Sunday began with officers pursuing Jayland Walker in their squad cars around 12:30 a.m. Monday after he refused to pull over for an alleged traffic violation. Police said that about 40 seconds after he fled, officers heard “the sound of a gunshot” coming out of his car door.
The car chase lasted several more minutes before Walker, wearing a ski mask, got out of his silver Buick through the passenger-side door and fled on foot. Police said cops unsuccessfully tried to detain him with tasers and the chase continued to a nearby parking lot.
There, Walker “quickly turned toward the pursing officers,” and the unleashed a barrage of gunfire on him, police said. The disturbing body-camera footage shows Walker quickly crumple to the ground as countless shots ring out.
Police Chief Stephen Mylett confirmed Sunday that Walker was “unarmed” when he was killed. Cops found a hand gun, a loaded magazine, and a gold ring in the driver’s seat of his car.
Walker still had a pulse as the officers tried to load him into the police car, Mylett added. He couldn’t say how many bullets were fired, but Walker had at least 60 wounds in his body.
Acknowledging how horrific the footage was, Horrigan urged residents to protest peacefully.
“I fully support our residents right to peacefully assemble,” the mayor said at the press conference. “But I hope the community can agree that violence and destruction are not the answer.”
Since Walker’s June 27 killing, the eight Akron police officers involved have been placed on leave and the city has canceled its Fourth of July festivities. Protesters have surrounded city buildings, demanding justice and the release of the body camera footage.
The Walker family’s lawyers said they were livid with how police presented the videos on Sunday, insisting he was portrayed as a villain in their descriptions of the footage. Bobby DiCello, the lead attorney representing the family, said Mylett was an “armchair quarterback,” using “snapshots in time” as he picked apart the footage.
“They want to turn him into a masked monster with a gun,” DiCello said.
His colleague Ken Abbarno echoed that sentiment, urging the police to be more transparent with what happened during Walker’s pursuit.
“The officers will need to account for every single action that they did,” Abbarno said. “We live in a society where we can never see this happen again.”
DiCello said he died after being shot nearly 100 times, and they’ve demanded police take witness statements from the officers involved in the shooting. The officers have not been named.
“The Walker family is praying for peace, they are asking for peace, they are praying for accountability,” Abbarno said after the footage was released Sunday afternoon. “We cannot villainize Jayland.”
“We are done dying like this,” another attorney, Paige White, said. “Nobody should ever suffer the fate that Jayland Walker did.”
An Idaho officer who shot a mentally ill man holding a knife reportedly responded to the incident by saying “guess I’m gonna lose my gun again.”
NBC News reported on the deputy’s comments Friday after obtaining body camera footage of the Jan. 31 incident through a public records request.
Clearwater County Sheriff’s Corporal Brittany Brokop shot Michael Trappett, 48, who had a knife, after Trappett’s family called the police saying their son was experiencing a mental health crisis.
Brokop and fellow deputy Randall Carruth, who also shot Trappett, were both cleared by the Latah County prosecuting attorney, who said their actions were justified based on the danger of the situation. Both returned to duty.
The prosecuting attorney’s office said Trappett was ordered to drop the knife, but he continued to wield it and he came within 10 feet of the officers before he was fatally shot.
Clearwater County Sheriff Chris Goetz also said that Trappett had a “history of threatening and aggressive behavior” toward police.
Bill Trappett, Michael’s brother, told NBC he was only aware of one recent incident, at a hospital, where his brother was intoxicated and exhibited aggressive behavior toward those around him. Michael Trappett’s aggression culminated in being tackled by law enforcement and put in a straightjacket.
However, Trappett’s family accused both officers in the Jan. 31 incident of excessive force, saying that Brokop in particular had “gone too far” and calling on the sheriff’s office to bolster its de-escalation training and policy.
“We think Brittany Brokop should be held accountable for her actions,” Bill Trappett told NBC.
A similar situation occurred in 2020 when Brokop was apparently cleared of wrongdoing by a prosecuting attorney after shooting Andrew Hull, 23, while working for the same sheriff’s office, the outlet reported.
“It went from 0 to 110 in a minute, and the next thing I knew, I was shot,” Hull told NBC, saying that Brokop “pulled that trigger just as fast as she could.”
Hull said that he was hit in the thigh about three inches from his femoral artery.
Police claimed that Hull, who was intoxicated when Brokop shot him, pulled a gun and exhibited hostile behavior during his encounter with the deputy.
Brokop did not offer comment to NBC. The Hill has reached out to the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office for comment.
YONKERS, Westchester County (WABC) — A veteran detective in Westchester County is in the hospital after being shot during a confrontation with a suspect in a Yonkers bodega.
The suspect was shot and killed.
In Yonkers, this was just the third shooting this year.
The detective is being cared for at Jacobi Medical Center with some serious injuries.
He is expected to survive.
They haven’t released his name, but he’s highly decorated and was set to retire in less than a week.
The incident happened Wednesday afternoon as a task force of Yonkers police officers and federal agents targeted three suspects in the bodega near the intersection of Elm Street and Lincoln Street in the Nodine Hill neighborhood.
Police say one of them pushed past the officers, a detective pushed him back and that is when police say the suspect pulled out a gun and shot the Yonkers detective in the stomach.
An FBI agent returned fire.
The officers involved were a task force attempting to get guns off the streets.
“It’s a combination that is something that we found very effective in the past to combat the surge of gun violence where we have officers from the state police and the Yonkers police and other local police agencies working in concert with the FBI,” said John Mueller, Yonkers Police Commissioner.
“What you saw here is very, very proactive policing. And that’s what all officers do each and every single day, they’re out there proactively going after the bad guys,” said Mike Spano, Yonkers Mayor.
“That’s my only son!” said Vanessa Jackson, mother of the suspect. Jackson says it was her son, 28-year-old Bryant Jackson Adams, who was shot and killed when that corner bodega became a crime scene.
“I want them to know he was a good person,” Jackson said. “He would help anybody and try to take care give the shirt off their back to help someone and now I don’t have a child.”
The officers involved in the shooting were in plainclothes when they followed the suspects into a bodega.
There is no word on when the detective will be released from the hospital.
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Videos of the fatal police shooting of Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was pulled over for a traffic stop, was released Wednesday. Lyoya, 26, was shot and killed on April 4 by a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after a struggle in which the two men appeared to be fighting over the officer’s Taser.
The videos released by the Grand Rapids Police Department included the officer’s body worn camera, the dashcam from the officer’s car, surveillance video from a house across the street and cell phone video captured by a passenger in the car.
The moments just prior to the shooting are difficult to discern, as the body worn camera had been deactivated, the surveillance video is from a considerable distance and the cell phone is often pointed at the ground instead of the officer and Lyoya. However, the two men appeared to be struggling over the officer’s Taser at certain points in the videos.
A still image from cell phone video taken prior to the fatal police shooting of Patrick Lyoya.
Grand Rapids Police Department
In the videos, the officer, who is White, pulls Lyoya over for driving with mismatched plates. Lyoya gets out of his car and the officer, who was not identified, immediately tells him to stay in the car. Lyoya remains outside of the car and shuts the door. The officer asks if Lyoya speaks English and for his license several times. Lyoya tells him the license is in the car. The officer then instructs Lyoya to get it.
Lyoya appears to then ask a passenger to get the license, but the passenger seems to not know where it is. As Lyoya tries to walk to the passenger side of the car, the officer tells him to stop and grabs him. After a short struggle, Lyoya manages to get free and a foot chase ensues. The officer tackles Lyoya on a nearby lawn and the two struggle on the ground for an extended period of time as the officer repeatedly tells Lyoya to stop. The officer appears to briefly subdue Lyoya and the two stand up, however, the struggle then continues.
At some point, although it is not clear exactly when due to the close proximity of the struggle and poor camera quality from the surveillance video across the street, the officer takes out his Taser. He can be heard firing it twice, but, according to Cedar Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom, the Taser missed Lyoya both times. The two continue to struggle and at certain moments it appears that both men have their hands on the weapon. The two men fall to the ground again as the officer repeatedly tells Lyoya to let go of the Taser. At one point, the passenger can be heard saying that Lyoya isn’t touching the Taser.
With Lyoya face down on the ground, the officer manages to get on top of him. The officer, still telling Lyoya to let go of the Taser, then takes out his gun and shoots Lyoya in the head.
At a press conference Wednesday afternoon to go over the videos, Winstrom said that the body camera had deactivated because the button that controls the recording function had been pressed down for more than three seconds during the struggle. Winstrom said he estimated based on the video that the two men fought over the Taser for approximately 90 seconds.
The officer is currently on paid leave while the Michigan State Police conducts an investigation into the shooting. Winstrom said that the officer would not be identified unless charged with a crime.
During the press conference, Winstrom repeatedly refused to make any definitive statements about whether or not he felt the shooting was justified or if any of the officer’s actions may have violated department policy. He said those determinations would be made by the state police’s investigation.
“I view it as a tragedy,” he said.
Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Lyoya’s family, said in a statement following the press conference that “the video clearly shows that this was an unnecessary, excessive, and fatal use of force against an unarmed Black man who was confused by the encounter and terrified for his life.”
FONTANA, Calif. (KABC) — A suspected bank robber is dead after a confrontation with police that ended in a shooting outside a popular fast-food restaurant in Fontana Thursday afternoon, officials said.
Officers responded to the 15100 block of Summit Avenue just before 1:30 p.m. for reports of an armed bank robbery at Bank of America, according to the Fontana Police Department.
The agency says witnesses saw the suspect flee the bank and go across the parking lot into a Wendy’s restaurant, and when responding officers arrived, they confronted the suspect as he was coming out of Wendy’s.
At some point during the confrontation with police, an officer-involved shooting occurred fatally injuring the suspect, officials said.
It’s not clear what sparked officers to open fire.
The suspect, who has not been identified, died at the scene. A handgun was recovered, according to police.
“The suspect could have taken hostages, and that’s something that the officers were concerned of when he actually made it into the restaurant,” said Fontana police officer Daniel Romero. “We were very lucky in today’s incident. Everything went our way. Any little thing that could have changed, could have caused an innocent person to get hurt.”
MANHATTANVILLE, Manhattan (WABC) — An off-duty NYPD officer has been released from the hospital after being shot in the foot in Manhattanville on Saturday.
The shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Manhattanville Houses community center on Broadway near 126th Street.
The 47-year-old housing officer was off-duty, attending a vigil in the community center for a longtime resident when two men dressed in all black opened fire towards the building.
“This is our seventh police officer shot this year, and we’re thankful – all of us are thankful, a whole city is thankful this incident isn’t much worse,” said NYPD Housing Bureau Chief Jeffrey Maddrey.
The officer, and other civilians dove for cover, only later, as the off-duty officer helped detectives piece it all together, did he feel pain in his foot.
“An ambulance came, he was looked at and examined in the back of the ambulance, and he realized that he was shot in the foot,” added Maddrey.
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The officer was treated and released overnight from Mount Sinai Morningside, and doctors expect him to make a full recovery.
“A foot injury, any gunshot wound is potentially life or limb-threatening,” said NYPD Chief Surgeon Dr. Eli Kleinman, “This bullet traversed critical vessels, nerves and tendons, but we expect him to make a full recovery.”
Eyewitness News has learned that police have clear video of the encounter, and they are actively searching for suspects brazen enough to fire, wildly.
It is not clear who the suspects were trying to target. The off-duty officer, like so many New Yorkers, was just another unintended victim of violence.
“We shouldn’t have to live like this. We’re not supposed to live like this. This is the greatest city in the world, and we shouldn’t have to suffer through gun violence,” added Maddrey.
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